Astrology Renovated
Astrology Renovated
Ramachandran Nambissan T.M
2/18/2015
Email : tmrnambissan@gmail.com
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Contents
Chapter 1. Astrology – A New Version...............................................................................................................3
Chapter 2 : Scientific Evaluation of a Horoscope using Computer Software ...................................................... 11
Chapter 3 : Horoscope - Evaluation Vs Prediction ............................................................................................ 19
Chapter 4 : How to Evaluate a Horoscope........................................................................................................ 23
Chapter 5 : Definitions in Astrology................................................................................................................. 30
Chapter 6 : Are there remedies in Astrology.................................................................................................... 33
Chapter 7 : Day to Day Evaluations in Astrology .............................................................................................. 39
Chapter 8 : Predictive Astrology – A Critical Review......................................................................................... 42
Chapter 9 : Marriage Failures – How Astrology can help prevent it .................................................................. 46
Chapter 10 : Horary or Electional Astrology..................................................................................................... 50
Chapter 11 : Muhurta – An auspicious time to initiate actions. ........................................................................ 53
Chapter 12 : Myths and Misconceptions in Astrology ...................................................................................... 55
Chapter 13 : Medical Astrology....................................................................................................................... 61
Chapter 14 : Astrology – Science or Superstition?............................................................................................ 65
Chapter 15 : What is Life and Why we are here – An astrological perspective................................................... 69
Chapter 16 : Is there a God out there? ............................................................................................................ 75
Chapter 17 : Comparison of Lord Rama,Lord Krishna and Lord Buddha's Horoscopes ....................................... 79
Chapter 18 : Evaluation of Barack Obama’s Horoscope.................................................................................... 85
Chapter 19 : Evaluation of Hitler’s Horoscope ................................................................................................. 88
Chapter 20: Horoscope of India as per Mundane Astrology.............................................................................. 91
Chapter 21 : Horoscope Evaluation of Narendra Modi, the present PM of India ............................................... 95
Chapter 22 : Mahadasas and ntardasas…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 98
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Chapter 1. Astrology – A New Version
Is Astrology a pseudo-science as many learned people opine these days? Many of the people whom I
meet ask me this question as one who has been researching on this subject for the last five decades or
so. My answer to this question is an emphatic ‘Yes’ looking at the way it is being practiced these days by
professionals. It is not an empirical science though it is interpreted based on calculations based on
empirical formula and logical axioms passed on to us from time immemorial by the ancient sages who
perhaps were even capable of time travel. I must say it is a divine science the logic of which though not
rationale sometimes are very accurate and can be used as an excellent road sign in our journey through
life. After reading through my articles in this you can place yourselves in the scheme of God's plans by
comparing your strengths of houses based on your birth details with that of others including certain
celebrities and some of the divinities incarnated as human beings .
To start with, let me tell you that Astrology is not a predictive science and you cannot predict your future
using astrology. If anybody tells you so, you must immediately discount his knowledge to be a very
superficial one. God has created us in his own image and He resides within each of us to carry out His
assignments intended to be done using our body and soul. Astrology can only give you a blueprint of
your life and prediction of individual incidents is only done by fake astrologers. At best astrology can
only be used to evaluate our horoscope based on your date, time and place of birth. Each one of us has
different definitions about the qualities of life like Health, Wealth, Happiness, Education, a Good career,
Marital bliss, Luck etc. We are all unique in our creations and no two living beings are identical in nature
or spirit. The fact that you were born indicate that you have to neutralise some of the bad karma you
had done in earlier lives and therefore life will be a mixture of Good and Bad and none can expect a life
of continued happiness throughout your tenure in this world. If you can digest the above, then read on.
Our destinies are decided by a cosmic roll of the dice, the winds of the stars, the vagrant breezes of
fortune that blow from the windmills of the Gods. We are not sure what will happen tomorrow and
what is going to happen to us in the future. Logic has no place in deciding these factors.
For all that it matters no science is perfect. Medical science on which we depend a lot is constantly
changing and what was being prescribed for a given disease 10 years before is no more used and some
of them are even banned by the FDA. Researches show that what we thought was good for a disease is
no more true and new medicines take its place. Cancer was thought to be incurable once upon a time
and today we need not be unduly worried about it, there are cures and treatments available or at least
relief is available to alleviate the sufferings of a cancerous patient. All these indicate that science is
developing and is contributing to the well-being of everyone.
So is Astrology. Today with the advent of computers and internet, Astrology is slowly becoming a
developing science. Till 1970, to prepare a full horoscope of a native, it used to take as much as 80 man
hours by an Astrologer and today we can do it in just about 4 seconds using a computer. And that too
with all the axioms available in Astrological text books fully incorporated and the strengths and
weaknesses of the all the planets and their effect on human life born on a given date, given time at a
given place. The fundamental principle of Astrology is that there will be no two births at the same date
and time at a given longitude and latitude.
Earlier astrologers had to depend on their knowledge, memory of thousands of axioms pertaining to
varying planetary positions of a horoscope to try to interpret a horoscope which many a times could go
wrong due to non-availability of mathematical units of strengths of planets and houses. Predictions were
mainly done depending on the mood of the astrologer and what he could recollect from the relevant
axioms pertaining to different combinations of planetary positions at birth. If one goes to an astrologer,
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he used to give different predictions at different times and the public had lost credibility in the
astrologer’s predictions.
Today the accuracy in the calculations are guaranteed with the help of computers and most of the
results are available in absolute values. The computer gives the same strengths of planets and houses
whenever the same data is fed into the computers using astrological software. So the mathematical
calculations always yielded the same results for a given horoscope irrespective of the moods of the
astrologer. What has this brought about? The mathematical part of a horoscope is always correct and
your logical understandings or evaluations of these figures only matter in attempting predictions.
In short Astrology has today become just like a company’s balance sheet as is being analyzed by a
Chartered accountant. The figures in the Balance sheet gives the reader an idea about the company’s
assets and liabilities and the profit they make product wise period wise and can well compare the health
of the company with reference to the health of other peer companies operating in a similar way. So if
you can trust a Chartered Accountant, you could also trust an Astrologer today. Not that all Chartered
Accountants can be trusted.
Now let us see how a Horoscope compares to a Balance Sheet of a company. The Assets and Liabilities
part in a Horoscope is the Strength of Planets (There are nine of them) determined by the Shadbalas (Six
types of strengths) of Planets and Bhavabalas (Strength of the 12 houses or zodiacal signs) duly
moderated for malefic/benefic natures of the planets and their inter-intra relationships and the
residential strength of the planets in the respective houses. There is a minimum strength required for
each house or bhava for satisfactory performance which can be graded in percentages. A pass mark will
be say 30%. Generally the strength of the planets will be in a 15% to 100% range since no planet can
have a 100% strength in a human horoscope except under exceptional circumstances like in the
horoscopes of great saints, do-gooders philanthropists and few other personalities which are very rare.
Similarly the lowest strength of a planet will never be less than 15%. Like there will be none without
some happiness at all. Even a good for nothing fellow will have some times in his life when he will be
happy and cheerful. Is it not?
There is an school of thought that human body consists of three layers the innermost one of them is God
himself and around him an astral body enclosed in the physical form of flesh and blood. God works as an
operating system like Windows or Linux and looks after that nothing goes wrong and it is He who keeps
the body fit and regenerative and protects all from diseases. The astral layer provides the reflexes and
protects you from impending dangers and directs us as per the desire of God. And to protect us all He
provides you half your life time when you are either in sleep or daydreaming during which time you will
be happy oblivious of what is happening around. It is when you are awake and doing your Karma that
you feel the miseries of life which drives us to deviate from the God ordered path using your Free Will
and astrology is provided as a blue print of your Karma to warn us beforehand about possible problems
we will have to face in the forward march of our life.
The twelve Houses of the Horoscope
The twelve houses of the horoscope which represents 12 different groups of characteristics of life like for
example the 7th house represents marital bliss, the 4th house represents mental happiness 10th house
that of Career/Profession etc. is what Astrology is all about and the potency of each of the houses could
be determined in a mathematical unit in percentages. Normally each house should have a minimum of
30% strength for a pass mark and again the range will be from 15 to 100 percentage and sometimes even
higher in certain few cases of aberrations in the horoscope. These strengths will be indicative of how
good or bad the houses are and their signification thereof. All these will give you an idea of how
successful or otherwise will be the native with respect to the matters connected with the house.
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Similar to periodical Reports in Accounts, a span of 120 years of human life is divided into nine main
periods, each period overlooked by a Planet. Each period is further subdivided to 9 sub periods and so on
till the time taken by a human for each breath in his life. The combined effect of the strength of the
period lord and sub period lord, sub sub periods etc. will give you a clue as to how that particular period
and sub periods within will be, whether good or bad and the net strength thereof which can be fruitfully
used to initiate appropriate ventures which are likely to turn good or otherwise.
Thus you will see that the horoscope if prepared accurately and with the help of strengths of planets and
houses, a human being can be forewarned about the future just like road signs help the motorist in their
journey.
I am giving below a sample of a new mathematical way of evaluating a horoscope very similar to the
Mark Sheets we receive from Board of Examinations or a University on completion of a course.
Self Analysis% is the Average Marks scored for the significations of the house, Aaroodha Analysis is the
Marks given by Public and Naked Analysis is Lowest Mark possible below which it will not go in the
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entire period of Life. Human life is never static and there will be good and bad periods interspersed
throughout and getting an empirical idea about such periods will definitely help us.
The third column titled “Self analysis %” is the mean strength of the houses based on one’s own
assessment of himself or his success factor of the significations of the houses as an average for the entire
period of life. But others may view him differently since we always wear a mask and do not expose
ourselves fully in front of others. The fourth column titled “Aaroodha Analysis" shows this strength as is
understood by others viewing him which normally is an inflated figure and on rare occasions it will be a
deflated figure when the individual is an open personality who exposes himself with all humbleness to
others and is not a pretender.
The column titled "Naked Strength%" which indicates the strength below which it will never go in the
entire period of one's life. We can also compute transitory influence of planets which I will explain in
detail in one of my later article "How to evaluate a Horoscope - Technical Details".
At this juncture, I would like to emphasize that having a good net strength for a horoscope does not
indicate the he will be proportionately rich and fabulous in life with possession of a large amount of
wealth in the form of properties or bank balance. I have found many fabulously rich people have only a
moderate or below moderate strengths for their horoscope. This is because they are/were not happy in
their life due to various reasons despite having a lot of money. The net strength therefore indicates
one’s measure of happiness in life which need not necessarily be connected only with having lot of
wealth or assets. Happiness comes only with a proper mix of health, wealth, marital life, happiness from
children, having no enemies, a good career and a bit of spiritual knowledge etc. In this materialistic
world, we have a tendency to associate happiness with money which is totally wrong. There are many
kings and Presidents of countries who had a poor strength for their horoscope and though they held high
power and esteem from others, had a very unhappy life of their own with no happiness in most desired
qualities in life.
The net strength here in this example quoted above means that this native will be happy 45.77% of his
life and the rest of the time, he wouldn’t be that happy. Or you can say that the overall success factor of
his life would be to the extent of 45.77% which would fluctuate from 36.34% (Naked Strength) to 55.2%.
What each house signifies is given below :
The first House: (The house of Self), The ascendant, Lagna.
This is the most important house in the chart and plays an important role right throughout the life of an
individual. It represents the physical stature, complexion, form and shape of an individual, the health,
vigour, vitality and natural tendencies, personality, jest for life, honour, dignity, well being, upper part of
the face, longevity and start in life.
The second House: (The house of wealth)
All money matters are governed by this house. Fortune, profits and gains, power and resources, security,
material achievements , jewellery, shares, Security, speech, eyes, vision, stocks and bonds, precious
stones, memory, Education, tongue, nose teeth, chin and family are signified by this house. This is also a
maraka sthana or a death inflicting house.
The third House: (The house of courage and siblings)
The mental intellect and disposition is governed by this house. Courage and the ability to achieve things
and complete the tasks, Relationships with brothers and sisters, assistance or otherwise from them,
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Relations with neighbours, valour, short travels, communications and transport, correspondence,
writing, change of residence, contracts, agreements, rumours, hands, throat, shoulder blade, collar
bones, arms and nervous system are some other things that this house gives information about.
The fourth House: (Mother’s house and Mental Happiness)
Mother, native place, residence, domestic environment, secret life, luxury, vehicles, fields, pastures,
farms, orchards, mines, buildings, houses, ancestral property, hidden treasure, higher education, wells,
water, milk, ponds, lakes etc. are signified by this house.
The fifth house: (The house of progeny, romance and competition)
Progeny, whether one will have children or not, inclination, recreation, pleasure, artistic talents,
entertainment and amusement, sports, excelling in competitive activities likes crosswords, cards, games
of chance, gambling or betting, love affairs, ambassadors, good or bad morals, mantra, tantra, religious
mindedness, high learning and wisdom, enormous riches, spiritual practices etc. are indicated by this
house.
The sixth house: (The house of indebtedness, enemy and diseases)
Diseases which restrict our freedom of movement, indebtedness to others, nursing, food, services,
employees, sub ordinates or servants, debts, cattle, tenants, jealousy, enemies, maternal uncles, mental
anguish are represented by this house. This is one of the Dusthanas indicative of bad things in life.
The Seventh House: (The house of marriage and partnerships)
Earthly ties and unions, legal bondage, spouse, partners in business, conjugal life, litigation, influence in
foreign countries, success and reputation in foreign travels, dangers in life, Relationship with spouse,
gains or losses after marriage, type of spouse and his or her physical and mental disposition are all
looked into by studying this house.
The eighth House : (The house of Distress and Death)
Longevity and span of life, inheritance, legacy, wills, insurance, gratuity, accidents, fire, suicide, misery,
misfortune, sorrow, strife, worries, disgrace, delay, dejection, disappointment, loss, obstruction, theft
and robbery etc. are all signified by this house. This is another Dusthana connected with distress or
death.
The ninth House: (The house of Luck, Fate and Fortune):
What this house signifies are Luck, Faith, wisdom, divine worship, pilgrimages, philosophy, fortune,
religious disposition, meditation, intuition, sacrifices and charity, father, Teacher or Guru, learning and
teaching, dreams and visions, long journeys, air and sea travel, higher education oversea, Thighs.
The tenth House: (The house of Career/Profession)
Honour, dignity, public esteem, power and prestige, credit and recognition received for a task
completed, success and status, rank and renown, respect and fame, ambition, authority, Job satisfaction,
promotion, advancement in Job, appointments, Government, political power, honour from Government
and Knees are indicated by this house.
The eleventh house: (The house of casual incomes and gains)
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Friends, society, community, favourites, ambitions and wish fulfillment, gain of wealth, success in
undertakings, incoming wealth, prosperity, elder brothers, recovery from illness, dawn of fortune, ankles
are the significations of the 11th house.
The twelfth house: (The house of expenses and Losses)
Losses and impediments, restraint and limitation, waste and extravagance, expenses whether good or
bad, deception, investments and donations, charity, misery and misfortune, sorrow and sin, secret
enemies, involvement in scandals, disgrace and insults, secret sorrows. Success through occult affairs,
the feet, left eye, left ear, bed pleasures, life and activities in foreign places are signified. This is also a
Dusthana (A bad House).
Our success factor in each of the 12 houses and its significations can well be ascertained using the
strength table. For example in the above horoscope the career house, the 10th house has a strength of
45.86% which means his job satisfaction will be to the tune of around 45.86% only and the returns he
gets from his career represented by the 11th house would be equivalent to 41.94% of the amount of
work he puts in.
The best example you can find is in corrupt politicians who generally have a weaker horoscope of less
than 50% if he has to succeed in this era of Kaliyuga. They hide from the public what they really are and
can well be found out by looking at their net strength as opposed to their usually high Aaroodha
strength (Marks given by Public). I am not suggesting that all politicians are bad, but most of them have
a very poor horoscope and they little hesitate to hoodwink the public for their own welfare in this era.
The Dasa (Period) and Antardasas (Sub Periods) can also be evaluated thus based on the planetary
strengths which will be more meaningful to comprehend.
Another area where these mathematical analysis of horoscopes can help is in the Human Resources,
Personnel Departments of Organizations to establish compatibility of horoscopes between any two or
more individuals where they work for a common goal. Needless to say these can be used for finding out
the compatibility of partners involved in any venture. Marriage is an ideal example of a partnership
between two individuals. Isn’t so?
A sample of a horoscope compatibility report used for establishing marriage compatibility in India and
many Hindu families is given below just to give an idea how they match in respect of all the 12 houses of
a zodiacal chart. Different people have their own view points in what they look forward to in their
partners which can well be analysed using this report. This is particularly important these days when the
incidence of divorces and separations in marriage are very common leading to untold miseries to their
offsprings.
Horoscope Matching Compatibility Report
House
Male
Female Male To
Female
Female
to
Male
Match % Remarks
1st (Personality, Individuality) 75.14 107.60 69.83 143.20 67.54 BelowAverage
2nd (Wealth, assets, family, speech) 77.55 81.27 95.42 104.80 96.28 Outstanding
3rd (Younger co-borns, confidants,
courage) 70.32 82.21 85.54 116.90 88.11 VeryGood
4th (happiness, comforts, pleasures) 69.03 100.56 68.65 145.66 68.48 BelowAverage
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5th (Children, intelligence, mind) 56.58 87.49 64.67 154.64 69.08 BelowAverage
6th (Debts, Diseases, Enemies) 68.55 64.48 106.32 94.06 95.93 Outstanding
7th (Marital Happiness) 58.59 97.45 60.12 166.33 61.14 BelowAverage
8th (Longevity, Distresses) 71.53 78.68 90.91 110.00 92.84 Excellent
9th (Luck ,Fortune) 66.54 75.78 87.81 113.88 90.76 Excellent
10th (Career, Profession, Job Satisfaction) 62.20 85.11 73.09 136.82 77.09 Satisfactory
11th (Gains, Returns from Career) 74.42 63.75 116.73 85.67 89.33 VeryGood
12th (Wasteful Expenditure, Losses) 59.71 94.13 63.44 157.64 65.58 BelowAverage
Net Strength 67.51 84.88 81.88 127.47 82.64 Good
Match Grading :
<75 - Below Average or Unsatisfactory
>=75 but <80 - Satisfactory
>=80 but <85 - Good
>=85 but <90 - Very Good
>=90 but <95 - Excellent
>=95 - Outstanding.
The Male to Female compatibility and Female to Male Compatibility and the overall compatibility of
82.64% indicate that the horoscopes match with a 'Good' grading.
In case of compatibility reports, a minimum of 75% is considered necessary for successful partnerships.
80 to 85 match can be considered Good, 86 to 90 can be Very Good, 90 to 95 Excellent and above 95% as
outstanding.
A whole new look at the above will definitely achieve better usage of Astrology in our daily life reducing
unwanted tensions and mental agony enlightening oneself in spiritual studies rather than getting mired
into the materialistic realm of the present days.
The main advantage of this unique system of evaluation of horoscope using strength percentages (Marks
Scored) is that it could be used in all school of thoughts in Astrology including the Sayana system used in
the Western world. The variations in strength will be only to the extent of a few decimal places.
And using Astrological calculations it is possible to identify the best day and the worst day between any
two given dates, months or years as you wish. But it takes quite a lot of time in front of the computers
without loss of concentration which tires the astrologer's mind. The definition of Best and Worst is
individualistic depending on his moods, temperaments, outlook etc. Tables like the ones given below
help such calculations. You can attribute the nature and extent of Periods and sub periods using the
following table. This assumes that we are awake in mind only for 12 hours of a day i.e 50% of a day. The
rest of the time we are either sleeping soundly or our mind is at rest possibly day dreaming. In other
words everyone will be happy during their sleepy state of mind. The mentally alert time is affected by
the percentages as shown in this particular sample example. Take care there are times when planets are
lifeless and that is why the figures of Good% and Bad% do not sum up to 100%. During such interval you
will have a impartial state of mind.
The planetary dispositions of the planets can also be summarized as given in the following table.
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Planet
Residential
Strength Good% Bad% Lifeless Nature
Sun 53.43 23.09 22.59 54.31 Benefic
Moon 69.10 15.46 45.64 38.91 Malefic
Mars 51.35 21.30 14.57 64.13 Benefic
Mercury 11.07 5.66 5.41 88.93 Benefic
Jupiter 88.03 81.64 4.97 13.40 Benefic
Venus 75.37 38.50 21.47 40.03 Benefic
Saturn 5.69 3.70 0.86 95.44 Benefic
Rahu 61.15 31.27 29.88 38.85 Benefic
Kethu 61.15 56.71 3.45 39.84 Benefic
Net 52.93 30.81 16.54 52.65 Benefic
In the articles which follow I will be evaluating the horoscopes of Narendra Modi, Barack Obama, Hitler,
Lord Rama and Lord Krishna etc. to aid in understanding the techniques detailed above. Perhaps you
can compare your own horoscope evaluations with that of the above and get to know where you stand
in your own happiness in life.
Astrology is a divine science as is Medical science. Both should not be used to make money since none
can guarantee success in both the professions to anyone since results are totally dependent on one’s
own fate or destiny. However it is believed that these sciences will come to fruition only if the recipient
reciprocates the consultant with a Dakshina or donation depending upon one’s own abilities in any form
either in kind or in cash as is mentioned in Vedas which should not be demanded either in quality or
quantity by the Consultants. Unfortunately who gives free consultation these days?
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Chapter 2 : Scientific Evaluation of a Horoscope using Computer
Software
To a layman, a horoscope is nothing but a chart drawn on a piece of paper using 12 boxes generally
drawn in a square as is illustrated below. You will also come across charts drawn in a circular shape.
Does it make any sense to you? No, obviously not, unless you have some knowledge of Astrology and
have seen such charts before.
This is an example of a horoscope chart of a person born on February 19, 2014 at Calicut, Kerala, India at
11:54:54 a.m. You will see the longitude and latitude of the place of birth given in the centre of the
chart. On the right is given how it is drawn slightly different from the one on the left. Either way, it does
not make any sense to the uninitiated in Astrology.
In this article I am trying to discuss how you can get some meaning out of these charts together with
some additional information needed to evaluate them.
There are twelve inner squares along the brim of the outer square. The Central square is used to identify
the date, time and place of birth of the native whose chart is being drawn. These squares from the top
second are called Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn,
Aquarius and Pisces.
This chart shows the placement of the 9 planets and the Ascendant. Sun is denoted by Su, Moon is
denoted by Mo, Mars by Ma, Mercury by Me, Venus by Ve, Jupiter by Ju, Saturn by Sa, Rahu by Ra and
Kethu by Ke. There are few more like AL for Arudha Lagna, HL for Hora Lagna and GL for Ghati Lagna
which are used for special purposes. Planets in brackets show that they are in retrograde motion. In
some other forms of astrology, these abbreviations could be in the local language or using symbols.
The entire Zodiac is 360 degrees which are further sub divided into 12 signs which are each of 30
degrees. So if a planet is placed in a sign, it shows in which 30 degree segment they are in, an
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approximate address you can call it. The exact place where the planet is in the zodiac is the longitude of
that planet.
This approximate position of planets in a sign of 30 degrees is further subdivided into 9 and shown in
another chart with accuracies of 3 degree 20 minutes which is called Navamsa Chart in Vedic Astrology. I
am not going into details of those extensions of the Birth Chart as we will no more need them for
evaluations of the horoscope using software produced results which are more in depth than the manual
calculations of evaluations hitherto being followed by traditional astrologers doing the mathematics
involved by hand and therefore prone to errors and very time consuming too.
What an Astrological software primarily does to start with is to calculate the longitudes of all planets at
the given time, date and place of birth as shown below.
Body Longitude Nakshatra Pada Rasi Navamsa
Lagna 3 Ta 10' 07.54" Krit 2 Ta Cp
Sun 6 Aq 20' 37.52" Dhan 4 Aq Sc
Moon 25 Vi 38' 45.55" Chit 1 Vi Le
Mars 2 Li 58' 53.72" Chit 3 Li Li
Mercury 25 Cp 39' 58.28" Dhan 1 Cp Le
Jupiter (R) 17 Ge 51' 25.54" Ardr 4 Ge Pi
Venus 22 Sg 06' 46.58" PSha 3 Sg Li
Saturn 27 Li 44' 16.45" Visa 3 Li Ge
Rahu 9 Li 59' 49.72" Swat 1 Li Sg
Ketu 9 Ar 59' 49.72" Aswi 3 Ar Ge
Maandi 4 Ta 03' 29.39" Krit 3 Ta Aq
Gulika 22 Ar 35' 19.18" Bhar 3 Ar Li
Rahu and Kethu are known as North Node and South Node in Western astrology. The names of
Nakshatra are abbreviated and the details are available on the internet if you goodle for “Nakshatras”.
Using the Lagna longitude, a Bhava table is produced as below where you will observe that the Cusp is
always the same longitude of degrees in each of the houses of zodiacal signs.
House Start Cusp End Planets in it
1st 18 Ar 10' 07.54" 3 Ta 10' 07.54" 18 Ta 10' 07.54" Asc
2nd 18 Ta 10' 07.54" 3 Ge 10' 07.54" 18 Ge 10' 07.54" Jupiter
3rd 18 Ge 10' 07.54" 3 Cn 10' 07.54" 18 Cn 10' 07.54"
4th 18 Cn 10' 07.54" 3 Le 10' 07.54" 18 Le 10' 07.54"
5th 18 Le 10' 07.54" 3 Vi 10' 07.54" 18 Vi 10' 07.54"
6th 18 Vi 10' 07.54" 3 Li 10' 07.54" 18 Li 10' 07.54" Moon, Mars, Rahu
7th 18 Li 10' 07.54" 3 Sc 10' 07.54" 18 Sc 10' 07.54" Saturn
8th 18 Sc 10' 07.54" 3 Sg 10' 07.54" 18 Sg 10' 07.54"
9th 18 Sg 10' 07.54" 3 Cp 10' 07.54" 18 Cp 10' 07.54" Venus, Pluto
10th 18 Cp 10' 07.54" 3 Aq 10' 07.54" 18 Aq 10' 07.54" Sun, Mer, Ne
11th 18 Aq 10' 07.54" 3 Pi 10' 07.54" 18 Pi 10' 07.54" Uranus
12th 18 Pi 10' 07.54" 3 Ar 10' 07.54" 18 Ar 10' 07.54" Kethu
Here you will see where in the bhava chart all planets including Uranus, Neptune and Pluto is positioned.
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Look at the Bhava Chart which is the heart of a horoscope and evaluations are done based on this chart
alone together with the longitudes of planets and the zodiac signs in which they are placed.
Using this bhava chart, the software can prepare the strength of Houses which are also known as Bhava
Balas in Vedic Astrology which includes Shadbalas of Planets and Directional Strengths and Aspectual
strength of planets to various houses which is all encompassing of all axioms available in Vedic
Astrology. What you need is a little of mathematical knowledge to understand these strengths. For
those weak in Mathematics, this will not be possible to comprehend fully and that is what is the state of
most professional astrologers which obviously lead to erroneous evaluations and interpretations of a
horoscope and consequent loss of credibility in Astrology.
Have a look at the Shad Balas (six types of strengths) of Planets :
Planet
Shad
bala
Rupas
Sthana
Kala
Bala
Dig
Bala
Cheshta
Bala
Drig
Bala
Natural
Bala
Sun 8.54 164.41 225.54 58.94 19.78 3.33 60.00
Moon 7.01 169.95 157.46 42.51 43.57 0.81 51.43
Mars 5.83 231.66 34.75 19.94 45.21 1.03 17.14
Mercury 7.76 170.19 185.79 27.50 57.08 0.67 25.70
Jupiter 8.55 170.54 221.72 45.10 44.73 3.35 34.28
Venus 6.71 197.12 103.61 13.69 43.53 1.72 42.85
Saturn 6.88 239.30 70.25 58.19 34.32 2.00 8.57
Rahu 6.71 197.12 103.61 13.69 43.53 1.72 42.85
Kethu 5.83 231.66 34.75 19.94 45.21 1.03 17.14
We are only concerned with the ShadBala (Six Types of strengths) shown in the second column of the
respective planets. All other columns contain explanatory values from which the ShadBalas are arrived
at. You need not necessarily be an expert in calculating these strengths which the software will do it for
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you and that is how evaluation of horoscopes are made easier. For those who are interested, the details
are available on the internet if you Google “ShadBalas and BhavaBalas”.
From these ShadBalas, BhavaBalas are derived at, which is given below. Naturally the software will do it
for you taking into consideration all that is needed to be done and there is no need for proficiency in
those calculations for you to evaluate a horoscope.
The report given below is very similar to a Mark sheet which you receive from Board of Examinations or
Universities after the completion of a course of study lasting for several years. And this is the mark sheet
used for subjective comparisons for higher studies or for getting an employment. The whole world
revolves around comparisons and even our own happiness, wealth and other faculties are measured
only by means of comparisons with our peers, neighbours or colleagues. Is it not? Sometimes we might
use grading too or a range of values for comparisons like that of a lab report from Medical diagnostic
centres.
You will now be able to evaluate the strengths of each of the houses which indicate the success factors
in matters related to the house, details of which are available in my earlier articles or in the internet if
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you search for ‘signification of houses in Astrology’. The Grading shows how and where you can place
the strengths in such subjective comparisons of the houses. The example cited above is of an average
person who is very well known.
See how easy it is to evaluate a horoscope and without the help of an astrologer. You will get more
information about the inner details in my other articles.
And do read my “Day to day predictions in Astrology” to time your events for successful results. The
software will provide you with Dasas (Periods) and Anthardasa (Sub Period) and other subdivisions of
the Anthardasa which I have explained in the article referenced.
If you do not own a software to prepare a horoscope, you can email me the name, date, time and place
of birth(nearest city) and I will send you the evaluations, Charts, Periods and sub Periods, the evaluation
tables etc. and the explanations thereof a sample of which is given below. A processing fee will have to
be paid for doing this.
Scientific Evaluation of xyz’s Horoscope – A Sample report
Date : January 24, 1981
Time : 7:45:00 pm
Time Zone : 8:00:00 (East of GMT)
Place : 101 E 42' 00", 3 N 10' 00" Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lunar Yr-Mo : Raudra - Pushya
Tithi : Krishna Panchami (Ju) (87.79% left)
Vedic Weekday: Saturday (Sa)
Nakshatra : Uttara Phalguni (Su) (72.67% left)
Yoga : Atiganda (Mo) (66.34% left)
Karana : Kaulava (Ma) (75.59% left)
Sunrise : 7:29:40 am
Sunset : 7:20:56 pm
Ayanamsa : 23-34-37.53
Sidereal Time : 2:46:38
Planetary Dispositions :
Planet
Residential
Strength Good % Neutral Bad% Nature
Sun 61.33 30.80 11.40 57.80 Malefic
Moon 8.91 50.25 10.63 39.12 Benefic
Mars 39.06 33.83 57.22 8.95 Benefic
Mercury 36.53 37.02 2.63 60.36 Malefic
Jupiter 98.87 62.83 0.06 37.11 Benefic
Venus 57.89 28.43 14.72 56.84 Malefic
Saturn 96.89 73.85 6.25 19.90 Benefic
Rahu 93.00 50.25 10.63 39.12 Benefic
Kethu 93.00 73.85 6.25 19.90 Benefic
Net 65.05
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The general rule to evaluate a planet and its ruling period is given below.
1. Benefic planets are always good proportionate to its strength.
2. Malefic planets when they are strong reduce the bad effects in proportion to the strength.
3. Weak malefic planets are always bad and can give one a lot of problems.
There are three malefic planets Sun, Mercury and Venus which will have a tendency to produce more of
ill effects than well manifestations. Mercury is the worst with less strength and a malefic and as per the
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rd rule above will give maximum problems. Sun and Venus though are malefic have a respectable
residential strength and therefore as per Rule 2 above will not be that bad. All the benefic planets during
their periods and sub period will do well.
What each planet signify is available on Planetary Signification
Let us now see how these planetary dispositions affect the 12 houses of your zodiac which is given
below.
House Description Average
Marks
Marks
Given By
Public
Lowest
Mark
1 Personality, Individuality, Head 58.13 63.77 54.19
2 Wealth, assets, family, speech, Face 49.56 54.37 46.20
3 Co-borns, confidants, courage, Hands & Shoulders 62.42 68.47 58.18
4 Happiness, comforts, pleasures, Heart & Lungs 55.40 60.78 51.64
5 Children, intelligence, mind, Upper Abdomen 52.05 57.10 48.52
6 Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Lower Abdomen 58.68 64.37 54.70
7 Marital Happiness, Small Intestine, Liver 59.85 65.65 55.78
8 Distresses in Life, Colon, Kidneys, Genitals 51.27 56.25 47.79
9 Luck ,Fortune, Thighs 60.86 66.76 56.73
10 Career, Profession, Job Satisfaction, Knees 61.56 67.53 57.38
11 Gains, Returns from Career, Calf and ankles 66.31 72.75 61.81
12 Wasteful Expenditure, Losses, Feet, Spirituality 63.12 69.24 58.84
Net Score 58.48 64.16 54.51
Higher score for positive significations makes it more
potent
Higher Score for negative significations negate the
negatives (Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Losses etc.)
No. Of Horoscopes Analysed : 36440+
Freq.Distbn
%
Less than 30% - Not Satisfactory enough 46.0
> 30 to 40 - Passed 15.0
> 40 to 45 - Above average 12.0
> 45 to 50 - Third Class 10.5
> 50 to 60 - Second Class 8.5
> 60 to 70 - First Class 4.0
> 70 to 80 - Distinction 3.0
> 80 to 90 - Excellent 1.0
Greater than 90 - Outstanding 199 Nos.
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Your Aaroodha strength (Marks Given by Public) is much higher than the Self Realised strength (Average
Marks) which shows that other people see you with a slightly inflated status of your real self. More
details can be had from reading http://www.astrologykrs.com/Arudha-Lagna.html
And your Lowest Mark (the absolute minimum below which the strength will never go due to transitory
influences of planets) is only 4% lower than your Self Realised strength and therefore there will be
hardly any fluctuations in your life and will go on a up and down basis ranging from 54.51% net strength
to 62.45%.
Your horoscope can be rated as close to “High Second Class” grading with a net strength of 58.48%.
To get some comparisons with other horoscopes and to get a better insight into the strengths of houses,
you must read my book titled “Astrology – A New Version” published on the Amazon Kindle.
Periods and Sub Periods:
Sun : 1981-01-24 - 1985-06-05
Moon : 1985-06-05 - 1995-06-05
Mars : 1995-06-05 - 2002-06-05
Rahu : 2002-06-05 - 2020-06-04 Benefic with 93% strength
Jupiter : 2020-06-04 - 2036-06-04 Benefic with 98% strength.
Saturn : 2036-06-04 - 2055-06-05
Mercury: 2055-06-05 - 2072-06-04
Ketu : 2072-06-04 - 2079-06-05
Venus : 2079-06-05 - 2099-06-05
Sub Periods of Rahu Dasa:
Rah MD: 2002-06-05 - 2020-06-04 -
Antardasas in this MD:
Rah : 2002-06-05 - 2005-02-15 - Benefic with 93% strength
Jup : 2005-02-15 - 2007-07-12 – Benefic with 98% strength
Sat : 2007-07-12 - 2010-05-18 – Benefic with 97% strength
Merc : 2010-05-18 - 2012-12-04 – Malefic with 36% strength
Ket : 2012-12-04 - 2013-12-23 – Benefic with 93% strength
Ven : 2013-12-23 - 2016-12-22 – Malefic with 58% -Do-.
Sun : 2016-12-22 - 2017-11-16 – Malefic with 61% strength
Moon: 2017-11-16 - 2019-05-18 – Benefic with 9% strength
Mars : 2019-05-18 - 2020-06-04 – Benefic with 39% -DoSimilarly you can evaluate future Anthardasa (Apaharam) at the appropriate times.
Using the above I am giving replies to your specific queries.
1. You got your promotion during Kethu sub period which was a benefic with 93% strength.
2. Thereafter your Venus sub period till 2016 Dec 22, it is a malefic planet with a respectable
strength. But in comparison it produces reduced effects of a malefic nature. This may continues
till Nov 2017.
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3. Your marital house is almost 60% strength and therefore you will have a happy married life.
4. The timing of marriage I would put in 2015 Nov/2016 May period. And you will have a girl and a
boy as your children.
You have a very powerful horoscope with 58.48% strength and after 2017, you will have excellent time
right through till 2036(Jupiter’s Period) and later till 2055(Saturn’s period).
I would suggest you recite Narayanakavacham daily till you learn it by heart. Thereafter make it a
practice to recite it whenever your mind is free which will generate a shield around you to protect you
from all possible evil effects.
If you have specific queries you can email me and I will answer it based on the above evaluations.
Ramachandran T.M
16 Jan 2015.
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Chapter 3 : Horoscope - Evaluation Vs Prediction
What is going to happen in future. All of us wish to know the answers to this question. But can it be
done? And if at all it is possible, are such predictions trustworthy. Let us take Meteorology for example.
They predict rain and it is very sunny on that day. We are disappointed. I have asked some of my airline
pilot friends whether they rely on weather forecasting. Their answer was they just listen to the briefing
before takeoff, but never bother about it. It is while flying the aircraft they expect turbulence
irrespective of weather forecasts. Weather changes so fast and one has to be prepared for such sudden
changes. So in effect Meteorology is an unreliable branch of science. They say over a period of time or
over a vast area something could be predicted, but not specifically at a particular place. Yes, we all know
one day we will die, but what's the use of knowing that! Had we known that we will die on a specific
day, of course some things can be done to finish off all pending assignments, distribute all your wealth
and assets etc. and wait for St.Peter at your doorstep.
From my experience in handling the subject of Astrology for over 5 decades, I am very disappointed by
the mails being received from readers. Most of them are only interested in questions which cannot be
answered precisely using Astrology? Like "When will I get a Job?" or "When will I get married?" or "I
have problems with my marriage. How can it be resolved etc." There is hardly any interest shown how
best astrology can really be used in our life. And I am also totally flabbergasted by astrologers predicting
political situation and who will win the Elections etc. These are all beyond the realms of Astrology, a
divine science which should be used for more respectable and spiritually motivating subjects. Some of
the astrologers even go to the extent of suggesting remedies which are very costly and of no use at all
like Gem Recommendations, Homas (some form of worship prevalent among Hindus) and Poojas (idol
worship) which are all being attributed to invoke God's blessings.
I would like to say God is not very choosy in blessing people particularly ones who are spending a lot of
money on appeasing him by meaningless rituals being conducted by the Poojaris (Priests) who have
hardly any in depth spiritual knowledge like the Priests on the Banks of river Ganges in Varanasi or in
many other places. Gems have suddenly come into the forefront due to the influence of media creation
about the importance of purity of Gold, creation of dates like Akshaya thritheeya (Birthday of Lord
Parasuram) for amassing Gold, Gems etc. making profit for the jewellery business communities.
I would therefore like to share my views on Astrology being used in predicting very mundane affairs and
the recommendation of remedies in a impartial way. Remedies might to some extent do some
counselling effect on the questioner of their problems. But in fact these do not help them at all except
some loss of their hard earned money.
The basic principle of Astrology is illustrated in the following verse in Sanskrit which describes what
should be the true nature of our Karmas or deeds :
Ahimsakasya Danthasya
Dharmadika Dhanasya cha
Sarvatha Niyamasthasya
Sada Sanugraha Graha
which really means that those who follow the axioms
1. Do not hurt anyone for sport.
2. Always earn money through Dharma marga (Honest Means) only.
3. Always obey the rules of the society you live in.
4. Such people will always be blessed by the Stars and Planets
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If you can follow the above, there will be no need to do any remedies to ease your problems. And God's
blessing will always be invoked.
By telling that all such predictions/remedies and the Poojavidhees (method of worships) are illustrated
in the old scriptures by sages is only a half truth. They have written so many things including the verse
written above to easily get blessings from God.
And coming back to Astrology, it is not at all a predictive science. It is only a self evaluating method of
how your life is going to be on taking birth on this planet Earth or (perhaps in another planet also), using
the input as Date, Time and place of birth. And to cast a horoscope is only a mathematical way of placing
planets in the different houses of the chart taking into consideration the longitudes of planets, sun and
moon etc. at the time of birth with respect to the place where you are born which details are
continuously being monitored scientifically by NASA and those figures are the ones we use in all
almanacs round the world.
Now that we have the horoscope chart, it has to be further analysed to find the strength of the houses
(Bhavas) which is the backbone of Astrology. Each bhava is a part or limb of Kalapurusha (Time is
considered as a manifestation like a human being) and there are various significations attributed to each
house. You can get a detailed information about this by reading my first article in this book or by
searching the internet which contains many sites giving these details.
Again the method of calculating these strengths of planets and houses is well illustrated in our ancient
scriptures in a very superficial manner since in those days the science of mathematics were not well
developed like Trigonometry, Solid geometry, Differentiation and Integration etc. It was Dr. B.V. Raman
in his book “Graha and Bhava Balas” written in English who put them into a meaningful presentation
which is now widely used in preparing Shadbalas and Bhavabalas (Strength of planets and Houses).
So using these strengths, we can prepare a mark sheet of Life when a child is born. It need not only be a
child, it could be anything a problem coming to your mind, or a sudden idea or a plan and you name it, a
birth time is there for every one of our issues.
These mark sheets give the Percentage strength of individual houses which I have already explained in
the earlier articles. And how does this help?
It evaluates the horoscope as to how strong or otherwise a particular house is and you will know the
success factor of all significations pertaining to that house together with the net strength or success
factor of your life.
Let us take for example, the 7th house which represents marital bliss among other things, most of the
questions usually asked about. Or the 10th house which represents Career/Profession and the 11th
house which signifies the Returns you get from Career/Job. Refer my earlier articles.
The strength can be classified as follows : A 35% strength is required for a Pass and as the strength goes
up the potency of the house also increases progressively. Perhaps a strength of more than 75% is
considered to be Very good, Excellent or even Outstanding. And your success factor in matters
pertaining to the house could thus be well understood.
What is the advantage of knowing this strength? You can go ahead with matters signified by the
respective strong houses with all the might and you will be successful in your ventures. And keep away
from matters signified by houses which has a poor strength or you may soft pedal in such matters and
leave it aside to take its own course. Trying to swim against the tide is useless and you will soon get tired
and perhaps even drown. Is it not?
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And to increase the strength of a weak house and therefore the matters signified by those houses,
nobody can help you. No remedies, no astrologer, not even homas, manthras or poojas. It will remain as
it is. It is your knowledge that the strength is weak, that is what will help you. When you find a sign
"Slippery Road ahead" while you are driving your vehicle, what do you do? Just be careful, that is all. Is it
not? We cannot stop the car, remove the slipperiness ahead and proceed. The best we could do is to
lower the speed, do not apply the brake all of a sudden or perhaps gear down to have more control over
the engine. Forewarned is forearmed just like you carry an umbrella if you know it is going to rain.
And Predictions being offered by Astrologers using Dasa(Periods), Anthardasas(sub periods) are totally
meaningless. It is mentioned in the BPHS (the authoritative book on astrology Brihat Parasara Hora
Sastra) that Dasas are subdivided into Antardasa and each antardasa is divided into 9 paryanthardas(sub
sub period) known as PD and each PD is subdivided into 9 Sookshma Antardasas known as SAD and each
SAD is further sub divided into 9 Praana Anthardasas PAD and each PAD is further sub divided into 9
Deha Antardasas and so on. Just look at the example below to understand the hierarchy of the periods
and sub periods in a major period:
Let us say someone is running Mercury Main Period which lasts for 18 years. These 18 years are sub
divided into 9 sub periods and each sub period is further sub divided into 9 PDs and so on. Have a look at
the following.
Merc MD: 2071-07-31 (8:41:60 pm) - 2088-07-30 (11:38:24 pm) – Main Period
Ven AD: 2074-12-24 (4:29:17 pm) - 2077-10-24 (12:58:41 pm) – Sub period(AD)
Jup PD: 2076-06-02 (5:42:13 pm) - 2076-10-18 (5:14:08 pm) – (PD)
Ket SD: 2076-08-01 (12:42:03 pm) - 2076-08-09 (1:52:25 pm) – (SAD)
Mars PAD: 2076-08-04 (9:55:16 am) - 2076-08-04 (9:11:22 pm) – (PAD)
Deha-antardasas in this PAD:
Mars: 2076-08-04 (9:55:16 am) - 2076-08-04 (10:34:42 am)
Rah: 2076-08-04 (10:34:42 am) - 2076-08-04 (12:16:07 pm)
Jup: 2076-08-04 (12:16:07 pm) - 2076-08-04 (1:46:16 pm)
Sat: 2076-08-04 (1:46:16 pm) - 2076-08-04 (3:33:19 pm)
Merc: 2076-08-04 (3:33:19 pm) - 2076-08-04 (5:09:06 pm)
Ket: 2076-08-04 (5:09:06 pm) - 2076-08-04 (5:48:32 pm)
Ven: 2076-08-04 (5:48:32 pm) - 2076-08-04 (7:41:13 pm)
Sun: 2076-08-04 (7:41:13 pm) - 2076-08-04 (8:15:02 pm)
Moon: 2076-08-04 (8:15:02 pm) - 2076-08-04 (9:11:22 pm)
From the above you will note that on 4th Aug 2076, from 8:15 p.m to 9:11 pm, for a period of 56
minutes, this native has Moons DAD within Mars PAD in Kethu SD in Jupiter PD in Venus Ad in Mercury
MD which means the combined effect of all these planets are manifesting during this period of 56
minutes. So how can you say that your Mercury Period of 17 years is good or bad as a whole.
All these observations boil down to the fact that we are controlled by the net integrated strength of all
the planets taken together during each breath we take and what is the purpose of, that in one
horoscope, Venus is strong and therefore during Venus Dasa, everything happens will be good for you.
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What a meaningless observation. We are totally controlled by all the planets working in tandem and not
by individual periods or sub periods or sub sub periods and so on.
So therefore please do not get carried away by predictions of Astrologers that your such and such Dasa is
starting on such and such a date and from then on you will be happy and prosperous. They may be doing
it to appease you. We all look forward to better days ahead. Isn't it?
God has created each one of us for a purpose and we are given certain assignments to be carried out on
His behalf. We have no option but to do it. We can never sit idle or sleep off our life. That is why your
body is fully controlled and there is some Mathematics behind that control. You can take food up to your
mouth and after that everything happens on a time bound program and after that time, you feel hungry
again. Happiness is also similar to hunger, once you get your happiness of choice, you will start having
new desires and so on. There is no end to it.
And to understand the truth of our life, you need to be well educated not from colleges or universities
but by observing life around you. To each one of us we have different definitions for our desires. Like
Health, Wealth, Courage, Happiness, Children, Debts/Diseases/Enemies, Marital bliss, Sexual Enjoyment,
Luck or Fortune, Career, Gains and Spiritual Knowledge leading to Salvation. To my mind Wealth is your
knowledge that you have enough. You may have a different definition. But it does not have a universal
definition. So is Health, Success etc.
Remember that we are all screw drivers in the hands of God, and we do not have much say in how or
where and for what we should be used for. He knows Best and He will make you do His wishes to be
carried out which is incidentally embedded in your DNA codes. And that is why you get inspirations for
doing a job seconds before you do them.
If someone finds that his marriage is not taking place, it is God's wish and He knows best when you
should get married and at that particular time, your girl/boy will appear in front of you. A Python never
hunts for its prey. It just lies down and the prey appears before it whenever it is hungry.
So friends, do not worry about your life. Horoscope is only a map of your life. And use it to your best
advantage. Do not ask silly questions like whether I will get a job. When you are born, will have a job to
do and at the appropriate time, you will be given your assignment. And mind you, no job is bad or good
whether you are a Software Architect, Chartered Accountant or a Civil Service Officer or an unscrupulous
Politician or a Sewage Cleaner. They all have their places in this Universe and whenever there is an
imbalance God will intervene. Don't you remember during World War II, more than 5 million Jews were
exterminated. No human being like Hitler alone could have done it. It had God's blessings to be carried
out. Otherwise it would have been impossible. And look at the earthquakes, volcanic eruptions etc. God
intervenes whenever there is need to do so. Look at the recent flood in Kedarnath and Badrinath at
Uttarakhand in the Himalayas. All anti environmental constructions were wiped off.
Spiritual knowledge is the ultimate of all knowledge and spend your gifted time in this world to acquire
it rather than getting an overseas job or listening to an Astrologer that you will marry a beautiful, rich
and loving girl. All these could last only for a short while and afterwards you will be in search of new
pastures.
One might now ask the question, if everything is predestined and decided by God, why should you pray
to God. The answer is God has also used while writing your destiny in certain places "As you Wish"
which means some things are left to you and you have to wish for that to materialise.
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Chapter 4 : How to Evaluate a Horoscope
To start with, let me tell you that Astrology is not a predictive science and you cannot predict your future
using astrology. If anybody tells you so, you must immediately discount his knowledge to be a very
superficial one. God has created us in his own image and He resides within each of us to carry out His
assignments intended to be done using our body and soul. Astrology can only give you a blueprint of
your life and prediction of individual incidents is only done by fake astrologers. At best astrology can
only be used to evaluate our horoscope based on your date, time and place of birth. Each one of us has
different definitions about the qualities of life like Health,Wealth, Happiness, Education, a Good career,
Marital bliss, Luck etc. We are all unique in our creations and no two living beings are identical in nature
or spirit. If you can digest the above, then read on.
I am writing this article at the behest of many of my students who would like to know how I calculate
the strengths of planets and houses and evaluate them to produce a Mark sheet of Life. Needless to say,
to understand this article one has to have a basic knowledge and should be familiar with the terms and
axioms used in Astrology. Familiarity with the Natal Charts and divisional charts and the Dasa system is
imperative. To top it all you must have all the canons required for becoming an Astrologer which are
detailed below as extracted from Brihat Samhita. This article is not for beginners.
Varahamihira gives the following qualifications of an astrologer in his Brihat Samhita.
"The astrologer must be pure, skillful, bold, eloquent, possessed of a ready wit, a knower of time and
place, filled with equanimity, not timid in assembly, victorious in debate with other astrologers, expert,
free from vices, well-versed in the art of performing rituals of both curative and preventive types, ever
engaged in worshipping deities, performing observances and austerities, possessed of scientific
knowledge and capable of answering questions and prescribing remedies.”
In his Brihat Samhita, "Canons of the Astrologer", Varahamihira gives more lengthy rules or
qualifications of an astrologer. Students should read these statements by Varahamihira and be aware of
these ancient principles in their daily life if they want to be Astrologers. That person, who has mastery of
this science of Vedic astrology, who has a good knowledge of Mathematics, who leads a religious life,
who is truthful, who is free from conceit and who is well versed in the Vedas, mantras, and tantras, he
alone can be called a Daivajna or a seer.
In the Hindu Vedic tradition, "religious" refers more to a secular way of respecting the Divine presence in
all people and in the environment also. It also refers to one who has a genuine spiritual path and
practice. In so doing, one should have an inherent respect for all religions, bearing in mind that though
spiritual paths may vary, they all have the same goal. The study of the Vedas and the Upanishads, which
underlie all of Vedic astrology, speak of many deities. But all are aspects of the One Supreme Deity, also
called the One Underlying Reality.
If a person is unable to understand the real purport of the Science(by separating the essentials from the
non essentials by means of his intellectual acumen), or unable to answer any question put to him, or
cannot explain the science to pupils, how could he be known as an Astrologer, one well versed in the
Science?
If an Astrologer has mastered the astronomical Science, and has brought about perfect agreement
between the mathematical results and observations made by means of the shadow of gnomon and the
water appliance, and is well established in the science of predictive astrology, his pronouncements will
never go wrong or fruitless.
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Vishnugupta, also known as Chanakya declared that perchance a man might be able to reach the other
shore of the ocean by swimming, being driven by the force of wind. On the other hand, never could one,
who is not a Sage, even dream of crossing the great ocean that is known as kalapurusha or the God of
time, i.e the Science of Astrology.
A true astrologer therefore must lead a life of contentment, detachment and contemplation.
The predictions made by an astrologer who has mastered both the theory and practice of the science of
Astrology and Astronomy, as if it were spread before his eyes in this world, inscribed in his intellect and
firmly implanted in his heart, will never go wrong.
The basic input that is required to prepare a horoscope or a Natal Chart is the date, time and place of
birth which must be totally accurate. Special instructions should be given to the delivery room
attendants to note down the time of the first cry of the baby as that is what is required to prepare a
horoscope.
Once the Birth details are obtained, the astrologer should work out the longitudes of all planets and the
Ascendant(Lagna) either manually or using a computer software as shown below.
For a sample let us take the natal chart of a baby born on 16 July 2014 at 4:00 p.m. in Calicut, India.
Body Longitude
Lagna 20 Sc 02' 14.75
Sun 29 Ge 47' 15.81
Moon 25 Aq 27' 32.75
Mars 1 Li 06' 38.88
Mercury 9 Ge 28' 53.91
Jupiter 5 Cn 57' 41.05
Venus 3 Ge 22' 25.06
Saturn 22 Li 36' 46.28
Rahu 29 Vi 41' 00.68
Ketu 29 Pi 41' 00.68
Uranus 22 Pi 26' 58.01
Neptune (R) 13 Aq 12' 10.74
Pluto (R) 17 Sg 56' 22.75
Maandi 19 Vi 40' 42.54
Gulika 7 Vi 49' 49.24
Bhava Lagna 25 Sc 37' 45.64
Hora Lagna 21 Ar 51' 30.03
Ghati Lagna 10 Cn 32' 43.23
Vighati Lagna 13 Le 58' 49.19
Varnada Lagna 20 Sg 02' 14.75
Sree Lagna 17 Ar 25' 59.02
Pranapada Lagna 14 Sg 22' 03.76
Indu Lagna 25 Ta 27' 32.75
Bhrigu Bindu 12 Sg 34' 16.71
Dhooma 13 Sc 07' 15.81
Vyatipata 16 Le 52' 44.19
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Parivesha 16 Aq 52' 44.19
Indra Chapa 13 Ta 07' 15.81
Upaketu 29 Ta 47' 15.81
Kaala 5 Sc 05' 50.53
Mrityu 18 Sg 29' 38.92
Artha Prahara 10 Cn 15' 33.39
Yama Ghantaka 2 Le 37' 54.00
Prana Sphuta 18 Sc 01' 02.99
Deha Sphuta 1 Sg 30' 11.24
Mrityu Sphuta 24 Cn 36' 00.46
Sookshma Sphuta 14 Sc 07' 14.69 Tri sphuta
Tithi Sphuta 25 Sc 40' 16.94
Yoga Sphuta 25 Ta 14' 48.56 (Sun-Moon)
Rahu Tithi Sphuta 29 Ge 53' 44.87
Kshetra Sphuta 2 Sg 31' 52.68
Beeja Sphuta 9 Sg 07' 21.92
TriSphuta 23 Pi 19' 36.74
ChatusSphuta 23 Ge 06' 52.55
PanchaSphuta 22 Sg 47' 53.22
Now we can prepare the Natal Chart which you are all familiar with depending on the region you live in
and there are several types of charts in use. A sample you can see in my article in Chapter 2 :"Scientific
Evaluation of a Horoscope".
The next thing you should do is using the longitudes of planets in the chart, the strengths of planets
should be computed as shown below. You can either use a software or work it out manually which will
take approximately 80 man hours to complete.
Planet Shadbala
Sthana
Bala
Kala
Bala DigBala Cheshta DrigBala
Naisargika
Bala
Sun 6.76 132.78 176.4 43.25 52.4 -6.79 60
Moon 7.21 179.99 135.44 58.19 41.44 7.69 51.43
Mars 5.69 159.79 53.45 46.31 38.98 25.83 17.14
Mercury 8.03 211.91 221.26 6.48 22.79 -6.1 25.7
Jupiter 7.79 194.68 230.7 15.31 1.43 -8.78 34.28
Venus 5.64 116.63 144.43 25.55 15.98 -6.86 42.85
Saturn 7.23 152.88 206.38 9.14 37.29 19.7 8.57
The method of calculation is well illustrated in the book of “Graha and BhavaBalas” by Dr.B.V.Raman. Or
it is available on the net if you search for “ShadBalas and BhavaBalas”.
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Using these strength of planets we should now calculate the strength of all the 12 houses of the
horoscope which is also illustrated in the above book. Let us now have a look at it.
House Bhava Bala In rupas Lord's bala DigBala DrigBala
1st 402.40 6.71 341.49 0.00 60.92
2nd 549.40 9.16 467.61 20.00 61.78
3rd 551.50 9.19 433.96 50.00 67.54
4th 526.83 8.78 433.96 30.00 62.87
5th 552.81 9.21 467.61 50.00 35.20
6th 342.59 5.71 341.49 20.00 -18.90
7th 356.64 5.94 338.58 30.00 -11.95
8th 487.27 8.12 482.05 10.00 -4.78
9th 435.71 7.26 432.73 10.00 -7.02
10th 514.61 8.58 405.63 60.00 48.98
11th 603.13 10.05 482.05 40.00 81.08
12th 462.86 7.71 338.58 50.00 74.28
These are the main figures we require to evaluate a horoscope. Using these figures we have to now
moderate them for the relevant residential strength of planets and its benefic/malefic aspects for which
we can use a Spread Sheet like Microsoft Excel. This is needed because the shadbala strengths of the
planets are as at the time of birth which has to be moderated using the residential strength of these
planets in the various houses.
The fundamental principle underlying this is planets in the middle of the bhavas has full strength and as
it moves from the cusps, the strengths are proportionately reduced.
The planetary dispositions calculated thus are given below.
Planet
Residential
Strength Good % Bad% Nature
Sun 35.00 69.73 17.52 Benefic
Moon 63.86 65.70 28.34 Benefic
Mars 26.18 47.72 41.90 Benefic
Mercury 29.63 42.22 49.98 Malefic
Jupiter 6.16 15.38 6.02 Benefic
Venus 11.09 41.02 50.70 Malefic
Saturn 82.83 78.27 5.13 Benefic
Rahu 35.69 42.22 49.98 Malefic
Kethu 35.69 15.38 6.02 Benefic
Net 36.23
You will note that the the sum of the Good% and Bad% is not always 100. Any shortfall from 100% shows
the planet’s neutral behaviour during which time it is lifeless and your freewill will then take charge. I
have included a suitable example in my first article of this book.
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From the above you will note the residential strengths of all the planets and their Good, Bad percentages
and their respective nature whether it is a benefic or malefic. Malefic planets if they have a good
residential strength will not be that bad in fact, its maleficence will be considerably reduced. You must
bear this in mind. Benefic planets will always do good in proportion to their strength.
We will have to now moderate the strength of houses calculated above with these planetary
dispositions suitably. Have a look at the final figures duly moderated.
House Description Self
Analysis %
Aaroodha
Analysis
1 Personality, Individuality, Head 47.54 32.42
2 Wealth, assets, family, speech, Face 64.89 44.25
3 Co-borns, confidants, courage, Hands and Shoulders 65.11 44.40
4 Happiness, comforts, pleasures, Heart & Lungs 62.20 42.42
5 Children, intelligence, mind, Upper Abdomen 65.25 44.50
6 Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Lower Abdomen 40.45 27.59
7 Marital Happiness, Small Intestine, Liver 42.08 28.70
8 Longevity, Distresses, Colon, Kidneys, Genitals 57.53 39.23
9 Luck ,Fortune, Thighs 51.43 35.08
10 Career, Profession, Job Satisfaction, Knees 60.78 41.45
11 Gains, Returns from Career, Calf and ankles 71.20 48.55
12 Wasteful Expenditure, Losses, Feet 54.62 37.25
Net strength 57.70 39.35
Higher strength for positive significations makes it more
potent
Higher strength for negative significations negate the
negatives (Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Losses etc.)
No. Of Horoscopes Analysed : 36250+
Freq.Distbn
%
Less than 30% - Not Satisfactory enough 46
> 30 to 40 - Passed 14
> 40 to 45 - Above average 12
> 45 to 50 - Third Class 11
> 50 to 60 - Second Class 8
> 60 to 70 - First Class 5
> 70 to 80 - Distinction 3
> 80 to 90 - Excellent 1
Greater than 90 - Outstanding 198 Nos.
In this particular example the native has a net strength of 57.70% which is graded as a Second Class
horoscope. From the frequency distribution you will note that he has a 83% percentile strength which
means that 83% of the population are below him in happiness and success factor. Aaroodha strength is
how the native will be viewed by others, further details of which you can get from the internet by
searching for “Arudha Strength”. In this particular example, the native is viewed by the public with less
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strength than his real strength and this could indicate that the native is a very simple person without any
pretensions.
In a similar way we can also find out the transitory influence of planets while in transit of a zodiacal sign.
We recalculate the strengths of houses after the transit using the same Ascendant of the natal chart. An
example of such a chart is given below. This chart shows the influence of Jupiter’s transit in July 2014 to
Cancer in respect of my own horoscope. In fact you can use this technique on a day to day or month to
month basis since all the planets are constantly in motion.
House Description
Birth Self
Analysis %
Now
Transitory
%
Difference
%
1 Personality, Individuality, Head 65.28 91.03 25.75
2 Wealth, assets, family, speech, Face 76.42 67.44 -8.98
3 Co-borns, confidants, courage, Hands and Shoulders 63.22 54.83 -8.39
4 Happiness, comforts, pleasures, Heart & Lungs 71.05 78.42 7.37
5 Children, intelligence, mind, Upper Abdomen 78.08 58.00 -20.08
6 Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Lower Abdomen 67.41 52.55 -14.86
7 Marital Happiness, Small Intestine, Liver 73.97 77.28 3.31
8 Longevity, Distresses, Colon, Kidneys, Genitals 64.72 46.29 -18.44
9 Luck ,Fortune, Thighs 83.06 56.70 -26.36
10 Career, Profession, Job Satisfaction, Knees 64.25 75.33 11.08
11 Gains, Returns from Career, Calf and ankles 48.29 47.51 -0.78
12 Wasteful Expenditure, Losses, Feet 66.22 92.90 26.67
Net strength 69.04 68.32 -0.72
Higher strength for positive significations makes it more potent
Higher strength for negative significations negate the
negatives (Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Losses etc.)
From the above you will note that the Jupiter transit to Cancer has benefited me in respect of some
houses like 1st, 4th,7th,10th and 12th houses while in respect of the other houses, I have been a loser.
However the net strength is lower by 0.72% which is negligible.
I have also now introduced one more column to the above evaluation titled "Naked Analysis". An
example is given below. The Naked Analysis is the strength below which it will not go down during the
life. The self analysis strength is the mean of the strength of any house during the whole period of your
life which can go up or down due to transitory influences of planets. Look at the following table. So with
a Mean Strength of 49.50% net strength for you and with a Naked Strength of 35.14% means that during
the course of your entire life, the net strength will vary from 35.14% to 63.50% due to the constant
motion of the planets.
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The mean strength of the Higher education signified by the 4th house in the above table is quite good
with 57.74% ( Varies from 40.98% to 74.5%). Similarly one can assess the potency of all the houses of
your horoscope.
Now you might have got an idea how well we can evaluate a horoscope using figures rather than groping
in the dark and trying to interpret them using axioms which cannot be empirically computed.
The periods and sub periods can also thus be evaluated using the figures of planetary dispositions
helping us to time the good and bad periods. In the chapter on “Day to day Predictions in Astrology”, this
topic is more elaborately discussed.
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Chapter 5 : Definitions in Astrology
When we evaluate a horoscope we calculate the strength of individual houses which I have discussed in
detail in my earlier articles. Say for example a person has a strength of 58% for his 4th house which
signifies mental happiness, ability to enjoy material comforts, happiness of mother etc. But these are
terms which cannot be the same for everyone like mental happiness may have different definitions for
different people. For some if they have a lot of money they may be mentally happy and for some others
if they have a good house and furnishings they may be happy and so on. These days when people run
after materialistic pleasures, they have varying reasons for being happy. Here I am trying to give the real
definitions as applicable to astrology of different qualities of Life.
Health:
There are people who think that they are healthy if they do not have ailments while some others
consider that if they can have one or two pegs everyday and if they can enjoy a drink in the evening that
is a signal of being healthy. Here I am trying to define Health as follows.
Being healthy is a state of the organism when it functions optimally without evidence of disease or
abnormality and is also in a state of dynamic balance in which an individual's or a group's capacity to
cope with all the circumstances of living is at an optimal level characterized by anatomic, physiologic,
and psychological integrity, ability to perform personally valued family, work and community roles and
ability to deal with any physical, biologic, psychological, and social stress, a feeling of well-being, and
freedom from the risk of disease and untimely death.
Generally speaking, Health of an individual is perceived by looking at the first house and sixth house of a
horoscope.
Personality :
This is evaluated by the first house and is the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an
individual's distinctive character. Personality can be defined as consistency in a person's way of
being, that is, long-term consistency in their particular ways of perceiving, thinking, acting and reacting
as a person with organised patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour. Your personality style is your
organizing principle. It propels you on your life path. It represents the orderly arrangement of all your
attributes, thoughts, feelings, attitudes, behaviours, and coping mechanisms. It is the distinctive pattern
of your psychological functioning—the way you think, feel, and behave—that makes you definitely You.
There are people who think Personality is how one looks physically like Amitabh Bachan or Charlton
Heston both of them were tall and handsome in their years of fame.
Wealth:
Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or spiritual / material possessions, or the control of such
assets. One who knows he has enough is Wealthy. Wealth creation refers to the combination of all
available resources in a strategic way in order to generate surplus earnings. The surplus earning is what
is referred to as wealth and it is used to acquire more resources to become more productive. It is also
defined as how little you have to spend to keep yourself alive and can meet all your obligations with
ease. This is analysed by the second house in a horoscope. Your bank balance is not the indication of
your wealth. There are many rich men and women who though with a fat bank balance are not wealthy
or healthy. Spiritual wealth is the most important which we could aspire for. Material wealth is like
having high degrees from universities, but lack knowledge and we call them educated. This is evaluated
using the 2nd house in a horoscope.
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Happiness:
Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions
ranging from contentment to intense joy. An acronym PERMA is there to summarize Positive
Psychology's co relational findings : Humans seem happiest when they have
1. Pleasure (tasty food, warm baths, etc.),
2. Engagement (the absorption of an enjoyed yet challenging activity),
3. Relationships (social ties have turned out to be extremely reliable indicator of happiness),
4. Meaning (a perceived quest or belonging to something bigger), and
5. Accomplishments (having realized tangible goals).
The strength of the fourth house is used to evaluate Happiness in one’s life.
Courage :
Courage is the ability and willingness to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation.
Physical courage is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death, while moral
courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, or discouragement.
The third house evaluates Courage in one’s horoscope.
Marriage :
Marriage is the union of body, mind and soul between opposite sexes. The rituals associated with
marriage have no place in Astrology. If you have the above with a person of opposite sex, you are
technically married. Losing your virgin status for the first time is marriage.
People often ask me whether they have a second marriage indicated in a horoscope. In fact this question
cannot be answered. Every sexual intercourse with the opposite sex is a marriage. It can be with the
same person or a different person and is very much dependent on the rules of the society you live in. In
either case it is a marriage. If you observe nature you will understand that marriage takes place with
different partners and is intended for reproduction and not for sexual pleasure which is incidental.
We are all to some extent hypocrites. I can say that hardly anyone would be there in this world who
mentally do not undress one of the opposite sex and at least mentally enjoy sex with them. This is even
found among saints and sages in our epics.
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. In a happy marriage it is the wife
who provides the climate, the husband the landscape. The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.
The happiest marriage I can picture or imagine myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind
woman.
The seventh house strength of the horoscope indicates success in marriage/s.
Luck :
In a horoscope Ninth house signifies Luck. That which happens to a person, an event, good or evil,
affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual, a course or series of such events
regarded as occurring by chance, a purposeless, unpredictable and uncontrollable force that shapes
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events favourably or unfavourably for an individual, group or cause is called Luck. It signifies the overall
blessings of God bestowed on you.
Career :
Success can be defined for almost all of us in terms of our ability to live a life where we are not
dependent on someone or something else (like the government) to be able to put food on the table and
a roof over our head. The great thing about this standard for success, however, is that if you live your
talents, passions and values, the money comes in a way that provides for what you need, and, in many
cases, what you want. Money is a result of living by defining your own success instead of the means by
which to define success. And you should get good job satisfaction and contentment too to be having a
successful career. You look at the strength of tenth house to evaluate success in Career/Profession.
Distress:
Distress is an aversive, negative state in which coping and adaptation processes fail to return an
organism to physiological and/or psychological homeostasis. Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain, acute
physical or mental suffering, affliction, trouble and a state of extreme necessity or misfortune indicate
Distress in life. Eighth house of the horoscope is analyzed for evaluating distresses in life.
Intelligence:
The ability to use memory, knowledge, experience, understanding, reasoning, imagination and judgment
in order to solve problems and adapt to new situations, the ability to learn, and have opinions that are
based on reason is Intelligence. The strength of the Fifth house signifies the intelligence quotient.
Spirituality:
Spirituality is that which gives meaning to one's life and draws one to transcend oneself. It is a broader
concept than religion, although that is one expression of spirituality. Other expressions include prayer,
meditation, interactions with others or nature, and relationship with God or a higher power. Having to
do with deep, often religious, feelings and beliefs, including a person’s sense of peace, purpose,
connection to others, and beliefs about the meaning of life are also part of Spirituality. It is usually
evaluated by the twelfth house of a horoscope.
Foreign Travels:
Astrology do not endorse man made divisions of this globe into countries and continents. Therefore
questions like "Will I go abroad?" is beyond the scope of astrology. What at best we could say is that
there can be long distance travels in life which again means long distance from the place of your birth. In
the olden days, if you cross a river or any running water, it was considered long distance travel since in
those days crossing such obstacles were very difficult when modern transport systems were not there.
Today you can go to Los Angeles from Bombay in a matter of just a day and the world has become a
global village.
Long Distance travels are indicated by the 7th house and if the house is potent, you can have fruitful
travels and futile travels if the house is weak.
Perhaps if you keep these definitions in mind, evaluation of a horoscope becomes more refined and
meaningful rather than having individual definitions based on whims and fancies.
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Chapter 6 : Are there remedies in Astrology
In my earlier articles, I have illustrated evaluating a horoscope based on strengths of planets and houses
and how this will help a common man understanding his chart with ease similar to evaluating a Mark
sheet received from Board of Schools/Universities with gradings indicated as is indicated in my earlier
articles. I do now get mails from readers how a poor strength for a particular house or the poor net
strength itself can be improved upon to have a better life altogether and I thought that I must write this
article to remove any misgivings in this regard.
Ancient scriptures on Astrology say about conducting Pooja (Worship), Using Mantra and Yantras,
Wearing Gemstones etc. to improve strength of planets as possible remedies in improving the life, if the
charts are otherwise impotent.
Also read Autobiography of a Yogi
My view in these matters is that Astrological strength of horoscope tables give you the success factor in
matters signified by the respective houses as is destined by God. Why it is different in different people is
because the net debit or credit of Karma in previous lives are different and that has got a strong bearing
in the present life just like in Accounts, retained earnings or profits/losses are carried forward to the
next financial year and this make current years performance easy or difficult as the case may be. If a
large amount of profit is carried forward, you can take it easy this year. Isn't it so?
Similarly when you have large credit balances in previous Karma, the current life becomes easy and that
is why some people get superlative strengths in horoscope charts while others with large debit balances
carried forward, life becomes very difficult to endure and hardships have necessarily to be suffered to
even out the accounts of Karma.
Remedies are borrowed funds from God to endure out the performance in the current life and
necessarily a request has to be submitted to God which can be done either by yourself, or an agent or a
middleman who is proficient in inter mediating or collective bargaining in the case of a group of people
having common miseries.
So for individual horoscopes, a direct request is what is best and that is achieved by Praying to Him
sincerely with dedication doing abject surrender at His Feet on a continuing basis. It is not enough to
make the request once, it has to be done over and over again till He responds and respond He will
certainly when He thinks fit. We have to wait patiently until the request is granted.
Many a times He grants you not what you asked for but something else which ultimately will lead to
your miseries being reduced and endurable. He has a mechanism that permits total shut down when you
are faced with unendurable pain or miseries as in the case of a person having an accident and he suffers
unendurable pain and immediately the curtain is down and he will lose consciousness and he will come
back to senses only when his pain becomes endurable. Haven't you observed such things?
Sometimes even when you have incidents leading to great sorrow on a given day, after one or two nights
sleep your intensity of sorrow reduces to a great extent and soon you will forget about it. This also is an
automatic mechanism by God to even out your miseries. The ability to forget is a God given boon to us.
Prayers are of various kinds. Listening to, Chanting of prayers is adequate in Kali yuga, the present era
prevailing. You can opt for the verses like Narayanakavacham, Om Namassivaya or any other prayers
prevalent in the area you live in or for people of other religions the appropriate equivalent like for
Christians "Our Father which art in Heaven... etc.".
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Lot of people complain that they have no time to say prayers or chant verses of praise to God, but you
will find they have enough time to listen to A.R.Rahman's music like "Jay Ho" which can even waken up
a sleeping drunkard. That is the attitude of people in general. I have been suggesting people to record
the verses of prayers on their mobile and listen to it while going to bed and put it in rewind mode and by
the time you are asleep, that would have created so much of positive vibrations in your body which will
give you a peaceful sleep. And in this process praying becomes a habit which you will never get rid of.
What is most important is that you should not give up until your wishes are fulfilled in some form or
other. Usually people lose patience and they tend to discontinue the practice which makes God think
that you are not genuine in your requests. Many people have become atheists or agnostics when they do
not get any response from God even after praying to Him for a long time little realizing that they are
being put to test by God.
Try it out for yourselves, and you will understand the effect of Prayers over a period of time. In my
personal experience of handling Astrology for the last 50+ years, I have found and received many feed
backs from my clients that Prayers have worked best to their advantage.
For a long time in the early days of my practice of Astrology, I used to recommend Gems for deficiencies
of strengths of planets and most of them have given me feed backs that it has not made much of a
difference in their life. So I do not recommend Gems anymore and I have talked to many Gemologists
and they have in private admitted that they are not sure of the effect of Gems and it is only for business
promotion for the Gem dealers, Gems are being recommended and their job is only to ensure that a
Gem is real or what carat-age it is of.
Many of the sites on the internet which offer free astrological services are only interested in selling their
wares particularly the Gems, Yanthras or Thanthras.
Poojas are a different form of prayer for worshiping the deities and if it can be done by yourself with
dedication, it is a very useful remedy. But using an agent or priest for this purpose will not be of much
use mainly because his sincerity in doing the job is of a doubtful nature and he too is doing his job for
making money only and is hardly ever dedicated to your welfare being granted by God. Most of the time
while doing the Pooja, he thinks that he should get many more such opportunities to do Poojas to
enrich himself.
Mass Prayers to God for common purposes produce abundance of positive energy and it certainly helps
for granting of wishes for common good. God is very considerate to such common demands. Churches,
Mosques and Temples are used mainly for such congregation.
What one should understand is that the effect of remedies do not proportionately increase to the
amount of money you spend on remedies. It is your dedication and humbleness to God is what matters
in performing remedies.
I would like to narrate a story here for your understanding of how God helps those who help themselves.
A woman walked into a new shop and found God at the counter.
"What do you sell?" She asked.
"Everything your heart desires." replied God
The woman then decided to ask for the best things she could think of. "I want peace of mind, love,
happiness, wisdom and freedom from fear"
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God smiled and replied "My dear, you have got me wrong. We do not sell fruits here, only seeds. You
must be well aware that if the seed sprouts, grows and becomes a tree or a shrub, only then it bears fruit
which you want to have"
Therefore these seeds which I give you will have to be planted and nourished with your labour,
dedication, spirit of service and love to have fruits at the right time. Most important, you ought to have
lot of patience, forbearance and the capacity to face pain and absorb unanticipated problems.
Even the noble soul undergoes self cleansing and self mortification by putting lot many restraints on
oneself and leads a life of austerity and self discipline which not everybody can do. Always remember
"No pain, no Gain".
Visiting Temples and places of Spiritual moorings
The fundamental point that everybody should note is that God is not present in any inert stone or statue
and hence, a specific place containing such stone or statue has no real significance. The spiritual
significance is forcibly rubbed on such places and the stones and statues stand only as representative
models of God. Such places certainly help the beginners to develop the faith and devotion in case the
relevant atmosphere exists. The development of spiritual devotion is real even though God does not
exist there. It is a psychological treatment and of course the results are positive and real.
One ignorant person developed head-ache due to a false impression that the head-ache was due to the
entry of a squirrel into the head through the ear.
No doctor could cure him since the patient did not believe any argument against such entry. Hence,
there was no cure. One clever doctor agreed to the argument of the patient and threw out a squirrel
kept in his hand in hidden way near his ear. The patient believed that the squirrel came out from his
head through his ear and subsequently the head-ache disappeared. All this treatment of the doctor is
based on false concept, but the result was real and wonderful. Similarly, all these pious places are such
psychological clinic centers. The unreal stories created in such places have positive effect on the human
psychology and develop real tremendous devotion to God. If the truth is revealed, the psychological
treatment gets spoiled. If the truth is not revealed, several exploitations and frauds of business take
place as is happening now.
Actually, in the olden days, these pilgrim places were in lonely atmosphere situated in forests or on hills
very difficult to access except by walking or trekking uphills and you generally get totally tired by the
time you reach the temple. The very peaceful atmosphere there co-operated with the development of
devotion. But, today, these places are terribly busy with crowds of people running to fulfill their desires
using automated vehicles or helicopters and there are five star hotel facilites. The basic concept is lost
since you are expected to set aside all the material desires being away from the populated places. But,
today, these pilgrim places are more populated than the cities in which you reside. People run to such
pious places to fulfill their material desires. Thus, the atmosphere is not at all congenial for meditation
or spiritual concentration in absence of spiritual associates.
The actual purpose is lost. The priests in such places are busier in looting the public. People are exploited
by the false stories created about such pious places. The priests exploit the public to loot money with
the help of such false stories (Sthalapuranams). Originally, these false stories were created as
psychological tricks to develop faith and devotion in the ignorant public. Today, the same false stories
are used to attract the people to such places for the business of the priests or the temple administration.
Therefore, today, the pilgrimage is only giving reverse results in the spiritual line. The long journey and
absence of hygienic food etc., result in acquirement of new diseases. Lot of money is also wasted in
journey. Both health and wealth are lost apart from loss of spiritual concentration due to this run after
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fulfillment of desires. Your house with less number of people is a far better place than any such pilgrim
place. Your prayer room is far better than the crowded temple.
However, if you argue that there should be change of place, the new place should have more peaceful
atmosphere than your house. You can achieve this by going a few miles away from your town and not to
a pilgrim place, which is more crowded. You can have spiritual meeting and do prayers in such real
peaceful atmosphere taking a photo of God there with you. Such trips will really fulfill such necessities
and also will really help your spiritual development. The calamity happened in Kedarnath is an
expression of God to discourage such pilgrimages, which are associated with only negative results from
the beginning to the end.
If your prayers are based on fulfillment of desires, God, sometimes, helps to fulfill your desires, in case
such action has the possibility of development of your faith and devotion in God. In such context, the
good fruit of your own good deeds is taken out from your fixed deposit only to fulfill your desire. Such
action is done by God whether you pray in your house or in the temple or even in a pilgrim's place. This
action has nothing to do with the place and it is done only to increase your faith and devotion.
Therefore, for fulfillment of your desires, you need not run to a temple or a pilgrimage place. Instead
pray to God to give you happiness and contentment. You need not tell him what you want, He knows
best and he will grant you what is needed.
And still if you are interested in offering something to God to ease your miseries, you can send your
offerings in the form of money to any temple or place of worship using Fund transfer to their web sites
which all of them have in this modern era of computers. They will reciprocate with their Prasadams in
return.
God has His own plans as narrated in the story below : Read it with patience.
Once there was a sweeper in a well known temple and he was very sincere and devoted. Every time he
saw thousands of devotees coming to take darshan of the Lord, he thought that the Lord is standing all
the time and giving darshan and He must be feeling very tired.
So one day very innocently he asked the Lord whether he can take the place of the Lord for a day so that
the Lord can have some relief and rest. The Deity of Temple replied, "I do not mind taking a break. I will
transform you like Myself, but you must do one thing. You must just stand here like Me, smile at
everyone and just give benedictions. Do not interfere with anything and do not say anything. Remember
you are the deity and you just have faith that I have a master plan for everything." The sweeper agreed
to this.
The next day the sweeper took the position of the deity and a rich man came and prayed to the Lord. He
offered a nice donation and prayed that his business should be prosperous. While going, the rich man
inadvertently left his wallet full of money right there. Now the sweeper in the form of deity could not
call him and so he decided to control himself and keep quiet.
Just then a poor man came and he put one coin in the Hundi and said that it was all he could afford and
he prayed to the Lord that he should continue to be engaged in the Lord's service. He also said that his
family was in dire need of some basic needs but he left it to the good hands of the Lord to give some
solution. When he opened his eyes, he saw the wallet left by the rich man. The poor man thanked the
Lord for His kindness and took the wallet very innocently. The sweeper in the form of the Deity could not
say anything and he had to just keep smiling.
At that point a sailor walked in. He prayed for his safe journey as he was going on a long trip. Just then
the rich man came with the police and said that somebody has stolen his wallet and seeing the sailor
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there, he asked the police to arrest him thinking that he might have taken it. Now the sweeper in the
form of Deity wanted to say that the sailor is not the thief but he could not say so and he became greatly
frustrated. The sailor looked at the Lord and asked why he, an innocent person, is being punished. The
rich man looked at the Lord and thanked Him for finding the thief. The sweeper in the deity form could
no more tolerate and he thought that even if the real Lord had been here, he would have definitely
interfered and hence he started speaking and said that the sailor is not the thief but it was the poor man
who took away the wallet. The rich man was very thankful as also the sailor.
In the night, the real Lord came and He asked the sweeper how the day was. The sweeper said, "I
thought it would be easy, but now I know that Your days are not easy, but I did one good thing." Then he
explained the whole episode to the Lord. The Lord became very upset on hearing this whereas the
sweeper thought the Lord would appreciate him for the good deed done.
The Lord asked, "Why did you not just stick to the plan? You had no faith in Me. Do you think that I do
not understand the hearts of all those who come here? All the donation which the rich man gave was all
stolen money and it is only a fraction of what he really has and he wants Me to reciprocate with no
limits attached. The single coin offered by the poor man was the last coin he was having and he gave it
to Me out of faith. The sailor might not have done anything wrong, but if the sailor were to go in the ship
that night he was about to die because of bad weather and instead if he is arrested he would be in the
jail and he would have been saved form a greater calamity. The wallet should go to the poor man
because he will use it in My service. I was going to reduce the rich man's karma also by doing this and
save the sailor also. But you cancelled everything because you thought you knew My plan and you made
your own plans."
God has plans and justice for everyone....we just have to have patience!!!!!
As per the Bhagvad Gita God says He will be pleased with all those who have the following qualities in
Life :
1. Fearlessness
2. Purity of Heart
3. Steadfastness in seeking wisdom
4. Almsgiving, Charity
5. Self restraint
6. Performing religious rites
7. Study of the scriptures
8. Self discipline
9. Straightforwardness
10. Non injury or Ahimsa
11. Truth
12. Absence of wrath
13. Renunciation
14. Peace
15. Absence of fault finding and calumny
16. Compassion towards all beings
17. Non covetousness, absence of greed
18. Gentleness
19. Modesty
20. Absence of Restlessness
21. Radiance of Character
22. Forgiveness
23. Patience or fortitude
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24. Cleanness of body and purity of mind
25. Non hatred
26. Lack of conceit
Wishing all readers God's blessings in abundance and let them propagate God's greatness to all their
friends and others and be in company of Good Men and Women. Reading this article would have given
you immense relief, I am sure.
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Chapter 7 : Day to Day Evaluations in Astrology
Vedic Astrology is a divine science which has been given to us human beings as a road map which will
facilitate our journey through Life from birth to death. Then who wants day to day predictions? Those
who do not wish to have them can have week to week predictions or month to month predictions or
year to year predictions. The choice is yours.
What we have to do for this? The exact time of birth should be noted which of course is not in your
hands. But however when we know that it is possible to do predictions of life, the parents or the
relatives or the doctors who preside over the birth of a child can definitely note it down when the baby
after birth starts crying for the first time. This time of birth is of paramount importance in casting a
horoscope which is used for all basic predictions in life using evaluation techniques like strength
calculation of planets and houses. Please read the first chapter “Astrology – A New Version”.
As an analogy let us consider someone is travelling from Bombay to Los Angeles on a Bicycle. He has to
travel through many countries for doing so and during this time he has to abide by the rules prevalent in
that country and be aware of the customs and traditions of those countries. Zodiacal signs In Astrology
are analogous to countries, but here there are only 12 of them from Aries to Pisces. Different names are
given by different schools of thought in Astrology. It does not matter. Using the birth chart we can
calculate the strengths of each house which corresponds to each of the Zodiacal signs. And these signs
are ruled by a Planet from Sun to Saturn and the nodes of Rahu and Kethu which are the intersection
points of the orbits of Sun and Moon. The strength of these rulers can also be calculated using Shadbala
algorithms which are reckoned in the strength of the Houses and therefore their individual strengths are
of no concern to us for this exercise.
Now to understand what one would experience in the journey of life in a given country, we have a
Narayana Dasa in Astrology which will give us the experiences of different times or periods of our life an
example of which is given below for a person who was born on 18 Feb 2014 at 9:20:25 a.m in Calicut,
Kerala, India.
Narayana Dasa
Virgo(Kanya) : 2014-02-18 (9:20:25 am) - 2021-02-18 (2:01:42 am)
Capricorn(Makara) : 2021-02-18 (2:01:42 am) - 2025-02-18 (1:16:42 am)
Taurus(Vrishabha) : 2025-02-18 (1:16:42 am) - 2032-02-18 (5:57:59 pm)
Gemini(Mithuna) : 2032-02-18 (5:57:59 pm) - 2040-02-18 (4:28:01 pm)
Libra(Thula) : 2040-02-18 (4:28:01 pm) - 2042-02-18 (4:05:31 am)
Aqarius(Kumbha) : 2042-02-18 (4:05:31 am) - 2047-02-18 (9:09:17 am)
Pisces(Meena) : 2047-02-18 (9:09:17 am) - 2056-02-18 (1:28:04 pm)
Cancer(Karka) : 2056-02-18 (1:28:04 pm) - 2066-02-17 (11:35:36pm)
Scorpio(Vrischika) : 2066-02-17 (11:35:36pm) - 2077-02-17 (3:31:54 pm)
Sagittarius(Dhanu) : 2077-02-17 (3:31:54 pm) - 2083-02-18 (2:24:25 am)
Aries(Mesha) : 2083-02-18 (2:24:25 am) - 2089-02-17 (1:16:56 pm)
Leo(Simha) : 2089-02-17 (1:16:56 pm) - 2095-02-18 (12:09:27am)
Virgo(Kanya) : 2095-02-18 (12:09:27am) - 2100-02-18 (5:13:14 am)
Capricorn : 2100-02-18 (5:13:14 am) - 2108-02-19 (3:43:15 am)
Taurus : 2108-02-19 (3:43:15 am) - 2113-02-18 (8:47:01 am)
Here I have not given the periods beyond the age of 99 years for this native and if you so wish can be
computed very easily.
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Now for each of these houses you can assign the strengths applicable from the evaluation chart as
prepared from the horoscope chart examples of which are given in my earlier chapters. Like if the first
house, house of Lagna or Ascendant, is Libra, the respective strength of first house is given to Libra sign
and the strength of second house to Scorpio and so on till the 12th house strength is assigned to Virgo.
Our tourist has now reached the country where we have states or provinces within that country where
too the experiences could differ and this is equivalent to sub periods within main periods or Antardasas
within Dasas. We will now take the Virgo main period and look at the sub periods of Virgo.
Virgo (Kanya) MD : 2014-02-18 (9:20:25 am) - 2021-02-18 (2:01:42 am)
Antardasas in this MD:
Aquarius : 2014-02-18 (9:20:25 am) - 2014-09-19 (10:43:51 am)
Pisces : 2014-09-19 (10:43:51 am) - 2015-04-20 (12:07:18 pm)
Aries : 2015-04-20 (12:07:18 pm) - 2015-11-19 (1:30:44 pm)
Taurus : 2015-11-19 (1:30:44 pm) - 2016-06-19 (2:54:11 pm)
Gemini : 2016-06-19 (2:54:11 pm) - 2017-01-18 (4:17:37 pm)
Cancer : 2017-01-18 (4:17:37 pm) - 2017-08-19 (5:41:03 pm)
Leo : 2017-08-19 (5:41:03 pm) - 2018-03-20 (7:04:30 pm)
Virgo : 2018-03-20 (7:04:30 pm) - 2018-10-19 (8:27:56 pm)
Libra : 2018-10-19 (8:27:56 pm) - 2019-05-20 (9:51:22 pm)
Scorpio : 2019-05-20 (9:51:22 pm) - 2019-12-19 (11:14:49 pm)
Sagittarius: 2019-12-19 (11:14:49 pm) - 2020-07-20 (12:38:15 am)
Capricorn : 2020-07-20 (12:38:15 am) - 2021-02-18 (2:01:42 am)
And now within this Virgo period, we have 12 other sub periods and these will also be assigned strengths
as appropriate to the zodiacal signs.
Just like within a state or province, we would have districts to travel through, each of these sub periods
will be further sub divided to 12 and let us have a look at the subdivisions of Aquarius sub period given
above and associate the strengths of the houses to the respective sub sub periods.
Vi MD: 2014-02-18 (9:20:25 am) - 2021-02-18 (2:01:42 am)
Aq AD: 2014-02-18 (9:20:25 am) - 2014-09-19 (10:43:51 am)
Pratyantardasas in this AD:
Libra : 2014-02-18 (9:20:25 am) - 2014-03-08 (3:27:22 am)
Scorpio : 2014-03-08 (3:27:22 am) - 2014-03-25 (9:34:19 pm)
Sagittarius : 2014-03-25 (9:34:19 pm) - 2014-04-12 (3:41:17 pm)
Capricorn : 2014-04-12 (3:41:17 pm) - 2014-04-30 (9:48:14 am)
Aquarius : 2014-04-30 (9:48:14 am) - 2014-05-18 (3:55:11 am)
Pisces : 2014-05-18 (3:55:11 am) - 2014-06-04 (10:02:08 pm)
Aries : 2014-06-04 (10:02:08 pm) - 2014-06-22 (4:09:05 pm)
Taurus : 2014-06-22 (4:09:05 pm) - 2014-07-10 (10:16:03 am)
Gemini : 2014-07-10 (10:16:03 am) - 2014-07-28 (4:22:60 am)
Cancer : 2014-07-28 (4:22:60 am) - 2014-08-14 (10:29:57 pm)
Leo : 2014-08-14 (10:29:57 pm) - 2014-09-01 (4:36:54 pm)
Virgo : 2014-09-01 (4:36:54 pm) - 2014-09-19 (10:43:51 am)
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By now we have reached to a period of a smaller duration for e.g Libra sub sub period of Aquarius sub
period of Virgo main period which lasts only for 19 days.
This sub sub period of Libra can further be subdivided into 12 sub sub sub periods and so on until we
reach the following last such sub divisions as follows. This is like travelling within a district there are
Panchayats and within them villages and so on.
Leo MD: 2089-02-17 (1:16:56 pm) - 2095-02-18 (12:09:27 am)
Libra AD: 2089-02-17 (1:16:56 pm) - 2089-08-19 (4:11:19 am)
Sagittarius PD: 2089-02-17 (1:16:56 pm) - 2089-03-04 (6:31:28 pm)
Gemini SD: 2089-02-17 (1:16:56 pm) - 2089-02-18 (7:43:09 pm)
Gemini PAD: 2089-02-17 (1:16:56 pm) - 2089-02-17 (3:49:07 pm)
Deha-antardasas in this PAD:
Gemini : 2089-02-17 (1:16:56 pm) - 2089-02-17 (1:29:37 pm)
Cancer : 2089-02-17 (1:29:37 pm) - 2089-02-17 (1:42:18 pm)
Leo : 2089-02-17 (1:42:18 pm) - 2089-02-17 (1:54:59 pm)
Virgo : 2089-02-17 (1:54:59 pm) - 2089-02-17 (2:07:40 pm)
Libra : 2089-02-17 (2:07:40 pm) - 2089-02-17 (2:20:21 pm)
Scorpio : 2089-02-17 (2:20:21 pm) - 2089-02-17 (2:33:02 pm)
Sagittarius: 2089-02-17 (2:33:02 pm) - 2089-02-17 (2:45:43 pm)
Capricorn : 2089-02-17 (2:45:43 pm) - 2089-02-17 (2:58:24 pm)
Aquarius : 2089-02-17 (2:58:24 pm) - 2089-02-17 (3:11:04 pm)
Pisces : 2089-02-17 (3:11:04 pm) - 2089-02-17 (3:23:45 pm)
Aries : 2089-02-17 (3:23:45 pm) - 2089-02-17 (3:36:26 pm)
Taurus : 2089-02-17 (3:36:26 pm) - 2089-02-17 (3:49:07 pm)
Here you can see the day 17th Feb 2089 is subdivided into different sub divisions of a day so low as of 13
minutes duration for Taurus Deha-antardasa and each of these antardasas have varying strengths as
evaluated in the horoscope chart and you can choose the time to do your actions to those periods which
has the maximum strengths and shun those sub periods where the strength is low to help us achieve
fruitful results for all our endeavours.
So this is how you can make best use of astrology in your day to day activities. Once these details are
printed out in a book form or kept in the computers in a PDF document, every day can be started with
having had a look at it and you can decide how to channelize the day to make the best out of it. Needless
to say what each house represents or signifies must be borne in mind as is given in the first chapter and
depending on the strength of the house, decide what should be done during the time and what should
not be done.
Details of Narayana dasa is there in the internet if your search for “Narayana Dasa” where many pages
are devoted to explaining the axioms. Most of the astrological softwares give you these details and if
you do not have one, you can get it computed by approaching astrologers who are experts in the
science.
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Chapter 8 : Predictive Astrology – A Critical Review
Of late, I have found tendencies among astrologers to predict each and everything using Astrology. Most
of these are misinterpreting the axioms in Astrology with the sole intention of making money by
cheating unsuspecting public to give them some placebo effect for their problems, some real and some
imaginary. Astrology is not a predictive science and if we could predict future events with certainty, it
would have been much better and we would have been living in paradise.
Yes Astrology is a divine science passed on to us by great seers to give us an idea of where we stand in
the order of things and to let us know the balance sheet of our deeds in earlier births, about which we
are not so sure of. We can only assume that soul or life is permanent and it takes different containers or
forms to carry out actions assigned to us by God which helps Him in one of His job of sustenance of this
universe.
There are no two births possible at the same time at the same place on any given day and this is what
makes the input data to Astrology which is unique as is the nature of all creations. What is exactly the
time of birth? It is the time when the baby starts crying when the breathing process is initiated and he
becomes a part of this world on his own and this breathing process continues on its own till he quits this
world which is an automated process totally looked after by the creator. We have no say in it.
So Astrology can neither predict a birth or a death since both of them are controlled by God. The time of
birth gives us a means of making a horoscope which can be used as a broad road map of one’s life where
very important matters in life are charted out. It is very similar to travelling on a moonless night and the
light of stars guide us through major obstacles which we can see like a wall ahead or a tree in front or a
pool of water lying ahead. Minor problems like a few broken glass pieces or a sleeping dog will not be
possible to be viewed. Astrology cannot be used to see the future as if in a flood light which goes against
the normal beliefs of the public at large.
Generally parents are very concerned when a child is born and would be anxious to know how his life is
going to be. Whether he will have major ailments, how well he will perform in his studies, when and
what job he will do and whether he will be successful in life, when he will get married and how long will
he live and particularly whether he will look after the parents in their old age etc. And to get an answer
to such mundane questions they go to an astrologer and get a horoscope made with the date, time and
place of birth as the input data for such calculations.
With the advent of computers now horoscopes can be prepared with ease giving details about the
planetary positions, their strength, the extent to which they will be able to exercise influence in the
native whether good or bad etc. which involves about 80 man hours of calculations for a human being
good at Mathematics in a matter of few minutes.
Unfortunately the predictions of events cannot be done using computers except of course superficially
generally with no use to the public which aid them in any decision making process. For this purpose, the
horoscopes have to be analyzed with meticulous care and this is where some astrologers these days
resort to all sorts of gimmick often misleading the public. And the internet is full of such quacks who use
this as a means of amassing wealth.
Generally we find that any question put to astrologers are answered to the satisfaction of the questioner
without any basis, logic or empirical analysis. What comes to their mind is what they answer and they
term it as intuition which they claim to be a divine gift. They thus act as God men and make a mockery of
Astrology.
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To understand astrology well, we must have some spiritual understanding too. As I pointed out earlier
our life is to carry out assignments from God and the fruitful completion of such assignments are in His
interests. We act only as Screwdrivers while He holds it in His hands. The fruits of whatever we do is
enjoyed by Him and we are just instruments in this regard. With this in mind, no wonder each one of us
has our own definitions of life and the faculties contained therein like Personality, Wealth, Health,
Happiness, Companionship, Luck, Career, Gains, Interests etc. These varying definitions cannot be
generalized and what holds nice for someone may not be all that nice to you. These have to carefully
borne in mind while analyzing a horoscope.
For e.g. My definition of Wealth is “One who knows he has enough is Wealthy” or “Wealth is a situation
where one has to spend the least for keeping himself alive and meet his obligations”. Similarly a good
career is one which derives lot of job satisfaction for the native and not necessarily depends on the
returns you receive from such career.
Again in this materialistic world, people generally think that if one has a lot of money, he will be happy
which is in fact not true. Success in marriage is not very much dependent on the beauty of the partner
nor the riches he/she possesses. Is it not?
Similarly marriage does not mean the rituals associated with it. Marriage is only a union of body, mind
and soul and this could happen many a times in one’s life with one or more of the opposite sex. So a
question “When I will get married?” has no answers in Astrology. And a question “When I will get a
job?” also does not mean anything. We are born to do some job throughout of our life. And we can
never sit idle even if we want to do. And no job done is unworthy, it will have some purpose. Don’t you
agree? One should never think that doing a job need to be in return for money in cash or kind.
People often ask in underdeveloped countries a question “Will I go abroad in my life?”. He means
whether he can go abroad to another country and earn more money than he would earn working in his
own country. This question also could not be answered using Astrology as the division of the world into
countries are manmade and God does not endorse such divisions. But astrologers lure public by making
such predictions for their own advantage.
These days, Astrology is also being used to conduct Caesarean deliveries to have a baby born at the most
auspicious time. To my mind, it is a futile exercise. Births and Deaths are totally controlled by God and
you cannot manipulate it with the assistance of a doctor or anyone for that matter. It is misusing
astrology which is a sin. Even if I can tell you a best time for conducting the Cesarean, it does not help
since most often the doctors get delayed or he may have other urgent matters to attend to and it cannot
be done at the desired time. And even if you are able to do it, the time of birth is the time when the
baby cries for the first time and that is definitely not in the hands of anyone.
And giving a date suitable is again totally meaningless since there are good times and bad times within a
day which we cannot have any control on.
So if nothing of the above is possible to be answered, what is the use of astrology, some people may ask.
The answer to that question is “What do you get after completion of your Degree or Diploma from a
University/Board of schools?”. You get a Mark Sheet detailing out the subjects studied and the Marks or
Grade received after the examinations conducted to test your knowledge in those subjects. Is it not so?
Yes, a horoscope can be analyzed and a mark sheet of your life can be generated using mathematical
algorithms based on strengths of planets, its positioning, nature whether is beneficial or not and many
other considerations which are well illustrated in ancient text books of Astrology. A sample of such an
analysis is given below.
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You can perhaps use the following grading to evaluate a horoscope.
Less than 30% - Failed, failure becoming more and more as it goes down
30 to 40 - Passed, the higher the marks the better
41 to 45 - Above average
46 to 50 - Good
51 to 60 - Second Class
61 to 70 - First Class
71 to 80 - Distinction
81 to 90 - Excellent
Greater than 90 - Outstanding
If you look at the mark sheet given above, you will find that the native is having a net success factor of
47.44% and if interested the strength of individual houses can also be understood. And you can tune
your life in such a way to opt for matters signified by houses which has a higher strength and soft pedal
on matters signified by houses with a poor strength.
And the most interesting thing possible would be to make subjective comparisons of other horoscope
with that of yours and understand where you stand in relation to others.
The ability to compare horoscopes will do well in Human Relations Departments in employing people
where they work for a common goal. Matching horoscopes will definitely bring success to partnership
ventures especially in marriages when the partners will be happy with each other if their horoscopes
match well.
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I am giving an example of matching two horoscopes below for marriage purpose. Here I am giving the
strength of houses in a different unit called Rupas or Shasthiamsas in Sanskrit and not in percentages. If
you so desire it can be converted to any other unit of measure as appropriate. These measures are only
used for comparison purposes and no intrinsic definition can be there. Like when we say a tree is 42 feet
tall, it only means it is 7 times your height if you are 6 feet tall.
The two horoscopes of Male and Female match well with a 95.98% graded as Outstanding.
The Dasas (Periods), sub periods etc. can of course be used to time certain good times and bad times.
There are different schools of thought in these matters like Vimsothari Dasa and Narayana Dasa etc.
Narayana Dasa is based on the houses and that would be more appropriate if you follow the above
system of mark sheets which primarily is based on strength of houses which incorporates well the
strength of Planets, lordships of houses, its nature and positioning and aspectual strengths.
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Chapter 9 : Marriage Failures – How Astrology can help prevent it
Once upon a time Men were the predominant race and the fair sex were subordinate to them. Women
had only the responsibility of giving birth to children and look after them till they became adults
supervised by the male chauvinists. Till very recently they did their job very well and produced lot many
children until after they reached their fifties. Men provided all their wants and were the bread winners.
And chastity was considered as the best virtue of a woman even endorsed by the epics and scriptures. In
this process they had to compromise a lot for being subservient to their men folk and one day it was
natural that they revolted. And to the men folk WIFE became “Worry Invited For Ever”.
So men started to choose their women and the main instrument in selection was a Horoscope Matching
between the two. Astrology came to their rescue and it was ascertained that a woman will bring
progress and happiness to men and the axioms in Astrology suited their purpose. Kuja Dosha and many
other similar axioms were invented and it was all geared to the prosperity of men. I am giving an
example of the definition of Kuja Dosha (Mars Affliction).
“Sukhe Dhane Vyaye Vapi Ashtame Sapthame Kuja
Subhadrik yogaheena cha pathim hanthi na samsaya”
The above axiom means that if Mars is posted in the 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th houses without aspects or
conjunctions of benefic planets, sure she will kill her husband. And such girls were desisted for marriage.
And what about the husbands? If they had Kuja Dosha in their horoscopes, women were sacrificed so
that they could marry again. So it was always a one sided affair in favour of the men. Men made it
certain that women did not get any education thus ensuring that they never had the power of thinking.
Then things changed and slowly the girls too started receiving education and they started to have their
own say in matters regarding marriage. But the rules of horoscope matching did not undergo suitable
changes and astrologers continued to follow the age old axioms in determining the compatibility of
horoscopes for marriage.
And the result was disappointing. These days lot of marriages do fail for want of compatibility in many
essential factors of life as represented by the different houses of a horoscope and daily it is on the
increase. Let us now look at the reasons for failure of marriages as per a senior marriage counsellor and
a clinical psychologist Dr.Val Farmer which I am fully convinced of as a practising astrologer for more
than five decades. Let us now associate those reasons with the respective houses in a horoscope.
1. Poor boundaries. Engaging in intimate conversations with members of the opposite sex leads to
emotional experiences that cloud judgment, trigger fantasy life, and progress toward physical intimacies
outside of marriage. The connection and acceptance found in an illicit relationship diverts energy away
from solving problems with one’s spouse. Confiding about marital problems with a sympathetic listener
provides a contrasting experience to whatever dissatisfactions might be present in the marriage. The
seventh house of a horoscope is responsible for this.
2. Selfishness. There needs to be fairness in the distribution of work and responsibility within the
relationship. This willingness to extend oneself also pertains to meeting emotional needs. Placing one’s
desires consistently ahead of a partner’s emotional needs and responding only when it is a matter of
convenience, demand or negotiations leaves a spouse feeling unloved. If too many important needs are
neglected over time, the unloved spouse feels used or taken advantage of. Consistent lack of love
interferes with a spouse’s willingness to give unselfishly in the relationship. When marriage partners
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don’t trust their needs will be met, they tend to meet their own needs first and become hesitant to
share freely of themselves. Selfishness in its most destructive form involves control, manipulation,
jealousy, possessiveness, demands and abuse in order to get one’s way. In milder forms, it is lack of
consideration and respect. The first house incompatibility leads to this.
3. Disrespectful judgments. Marriage needs acceptance, admiration, appreciation and emotional safety.
Feelings of anger and hurt follow when the process of exploring differences or contrasting opinions
consistently degenerates into criticism, impatience, labeling, contempt, or discrediting one’s thoughts or
feelings. It is disrespectful to try to change a spouse’s thinking by lecture, ridicule, threats, brainwashing,
or negative aspersions. These perceived attacks on personality, character, intelligence or values
undermine the mutual respect that forms the basis of love. The tendency is to retaliate in kind or else to
withdraw and not share one’s ideas. It becomes hard to love or give of oneself when one feels unfairly
judged or mistreated. The second house is normally the culprit.
4. Explosive, angry outbursts or rages. Anger can have a useful purpose if it is listened to and leads to
dialogue and constructive problem-solving. However, anger can either create more anger or withdrawal,
both of which interfere with effective communications. Unbridled and unpredictable tempers interfere
with emotional safety and trust when spouses need to engage each other on emotional issues. The
issues behind the anger get lost as the angry response is perceived as unjust, abusive and unwarranted.
It is intimidating and controlling. Again an incompatible second house produces all these.
5. Lack of emotional intimacy. The lack of sharing one feelings, goals, hurts, struggles, joys and
emotional details of one’s life lead to loneliness and sadness. Feelings of friendship and partnership
come from being connected through interest, deep listening and empathy, mutual support, and sharing
perspectives as confidants. Expectations for marriage include a desire for this soul-satisfying experience
of being known, understood, loved, accepted and valued for who you are and having a place to turn for
comfort and support. If this component of marriage is lacking, marital partners feel cheated of the
essence of what they truly expect marriage should provide. The fifth house compatibility negates these
tendencies.
6. Lack of affection and sexual fulfilment. When needs for sex and affection are not met, problems
mushroom. Without affectionate gestures and words, love seems hollow and not as believable. People
don’t marry to get a roommate. They expect to have an active and fulfilling sexual life. Chronic anger and
conflict dampen a couple’s willingness to be affectionate with each other. These are part of the seventh
house of a horoscope.
7. Leading separate lives. Relationships also suffer when couples don’t mesh their lives through shared
activities, recreational companionship or spending enough time together. Living too independently from
each other takes away connection and joy from the relationship. Couples need to function as a team
when it comes to parenting, managing a household, sharing finances, and relating to relatives. They
need to consult with each other about important decisions and coordinate their schedules. Time needs
to be set aside to enjoy conversation, adventures, common interests, vacations and fun. Time spent
together should be anticipated with pleasure. Without this component, couples drift apart and have
little in common. An incompatible fourth and seventh house could lead to all these.
8. Communication is a painful process. A marriage with too much conflict, hostility, blame, criticism,
defensiveness, and belligerent verbal attacks seems like life with an enemy instead of a friend. Marriage
needs to be a place of safety, a haven, a place of love and refuge, not a war zone. Always being “right,”
being rigid, judgmental, or easily angered or flooded with emotion disrupts communication before
problems can be solved. Avoidance of conflict is even a bigger problem as the emotional connection is
lost when couples don’t share opinions and attempt to resolve conflict. When repeated attempts to
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solve problems fail, one partner gives up and starts to withdraw emotionally. Beware of the sixth house
and second house of the horoscope.
9. Destructive habits and addictions. Addictions have great power to be placed in front of the needs and
happiness of a partner. Betrayal, hurt, anger and pain follow the wake of addictive behavior. Addictions
need to be treated to protect the integrity of the marriage. You must check the eighth and twelfth house
compatibility to even out these problems.
10. Dishonesty, laziness and other character defects. Basic trust and respect underlie love and form the
basis of relationships. Lies, deceit, disloyalty, secret habits, or emotional dishonesty about thoughts or
feelings destroy trust and respect. Spouses who willingly don’t take or follow through with their
personal responsibilities unfairly shift those burdens to their partner. Marriage is a partnership between
equals, not a parent/child relationship. The third and ninth houses compatibility can ensure that these
problems do not happen in a relationship.
Thus you can see that if two horoscopes match in respect of all the houses or at least in most of the
houses, a successful marriage can be resulted with love and affection between the partners.
I have devised a method of checking the compatibility of two horoscopes for any partnership venture
which includes marriage as is illustrated in the following example of a compatibility report. The
compatibility of each house is ascertained and the net compatibility is calculated with a suitable grading
also given for evaluation purposes.
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The Grading and scaling of the match percentage is my own based on my experience in Astrology. Here
you can see in the example that there is a very good Male to Female compatibility and Female to Male
compatibility resulting in a net matching of 97.21% which is an Outstanding match and the marriage can
safely be possible with all round happiness.
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Chapter 10 : Horary or Electional Astrology
There are times when we face a situation that how a person who does not know his date or time of birth
can make use of this divine science of Astrology. In this chapter I am giving the answers to that
important question for the benefit of readers.
Every one of us has problems in our life sometime or other. These problems could be of varying kinds
like financial problems, family problems, failure in ventures, marital issues, and health problems and so
on. And to solve these problems, it is a challenge to every one of us irrespective of our status in life, rich
or poor. And we have a branch called Horary Astrology also known as Electional Astrology to examine
solutions and determine the success factor of such planned solutions.
The basic input is identification of the problem and its classification into which one of the 12 houses
used in Astrological analysis it belongs to. I am giving below the heads falling under each house for this
purpose.
First House (The house of Self) : The ascendant, Lagna is the most important house in a horoscope chart
and plays an important role right throughout the life of an individual. It represents the physical stature,
complexion, form and shape of an individual. The health, vigour, vitality and natural tendencies are
controlled by this house. This also represents personality, jest for life, honour, dignity, well-being, head,
upper part of the face, longevity and start in life.
The second House (The house of wealth): All money matters are governed by this house. Fortune, profits
and gains, power and resources, security, material achievements, jewellery, shares, security, speech,
eyes, vision, stocks and bonds, precious stones, memory, education, tongue, nose, teeth, chin and family
are governed by this house. This is also a maraka sthana or a death inflicting house.
The third House (The house of courage and siblings) : The mental intellect and disposition is governed by
his house. Courage and the ability to achieve things and complete tasks are represented by this house.
Relationships with brothers and sisters, assistance or otherwise from them are also studied from this
house. Relations with neighbours, valour, short travels, communications, transport, correspondence,
writing, change of residence, contracts, agreements, rumours, carrying tales, hands, throat, shoulder
blade, collar bones, arms and nervous system are some things that this house gives information about.
The fourth House (The house of mother and pleasures) : Mother, Happiness in life, native place,
residence, domestic environment, grave, private affairs, secret life, luxury vehicles, fields, pastures,
farms, orchards, mines, buildings, houses, ancestral property, hidden treasure, higher education, wells,
water, milk, ponds, lakes etc., Heart and Lungs are signified by this house.
The fifth house (The house of progeny, romance and competition): Progeny, whether one will have
children or not, of what sex, inclination, recreation, pleasure, artistic talents, entertainment,
amusement, sports, excelling in competitive activities likes crosswords, cards, games of chance,
gambling or betting, love affairs, ambassadors, good or bad morals, mantra, tantra, religious
mindedness, higher learning and wisdom, enormous riches, spiritual practices etc. and Upper abdomen
are represented by this house.
The sixth house (The house of enemy and disease): Types of diseases, whether they will be curable or
not, nursing, food, services, employees, subordinates or servants, debts, cattle, tenants, jealousy,
enemies, maternal uncles, mental anguish, indebtedness and lower abdomen are looked into by
studying this house.
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The Seventh House (The house of marriage and partnerships) : Earthly ties and unions, legal bondage,
spouse, partners in business, conjugal life, litigation, influence in foreign countries, success and
reputation in foreign travels, dangers in life, relationship with spouse, gains or losses after marriage,
type of spouse and his/her physical and mental disposition, Liver and small intestine are included in this
house. Here foreign only means distant or unfamiliar territory.
The eighth House (The house of accidents and death) : Longevity and span of life, inheritance, legacy,
wills, insurance, pension, gratuity, accidents, fire or suicide, misery, misfortune, distress in life, strife,
worries, disgrace, delay, dejection, disappointment, loss, obstruction, theft and robbery etc., kidney,
genitals, colon, hips and portion of the body below the navel are represented by this house.
The ninth House (The house of Fate and Fortune) : Faith, wisdom, divine worship, pilgrimages,
philosophy, fortune, religious disposition, meditation, intuition, sacrifices and charity, father, Preceptor,
learning and teaching, dreams and visions, long journeys, air and sea travel, higher education foreign
travels, knees.
The tenth House (The house of Career/profession): Honour, dignity, public esteem, power and prestige,
credit and recognition received for a task completed, success and status, rank and renown, respect and
fame, ambition, authority, permanency in job, promotion, advancement in Job, appointments.
Government, political power, high posts such as President, CEO etc., last rites to parents, honour from
Government etc. can be analyzed looking into this house.
The eleventh house (The house of casual incomes and gains): Friends, society, community, favourites,
ambitions and wish fulfilment, gain of wealth, success in undertakings, incoming wealth, prosperity,
elder brothers and recovery from illness, dawn of fortune, calf and ankles are signified by this house.
The twelfth house (The house of expenses and Losses) : Losses and impediments, restraint and
limitation, waste and extravagance, expenses whether good or bad, deception, investments and
donations, charity, misery and misfortune, sorrow and sin, secret enemies, involvement in scandals,
disgrace and insults, secret sorrows. Success through occult studies and practices, the feet, left eye, left
ear, bed pleasures, life and activities in foreign places belong to this house.
Added to the house, the placement of planets, their lord and their placement in various houses are
studied for an accurate analysis. There are various charts that are drawn to arrive at a correct
conclusion.
Now that we know what our problem is and to which house it relates to we can prepare a horoscope
chart based on the date and time and place when your problem first came to your notice or when you
started feeling the pinch of it.
In other words a problem or an issue in your life is born and we note down the birth time of this
problem. The solutions you might have to solve the problem can be one or many and to know which
course of action has to be pursued, you can make use of Astrology just as in case of a birth of a new born
baby.
Here again, the horoscope is analysed and the strength of the house to which the problem belongs is
analysed similar to what I had written in the earlier chapters. You will know the success factor of your
intended solution. Suppose it has more than 50% strength, the solution to the problem may be effective
to that extent and the more strength you have for the house, the merrier. A poor strength of below 40%
could indicate failure if the intended solution is attempted. You will have to think of alternatives then
and recalculate the strength of such solution at a later time of birth of the solution.
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To cite an example, you intend to start a business and you would like to know whether you will be
successful or not. First you note down the time when this idea is mooted in your mind and get a
horoscope prepared for this purpose as detailed above. Starting a business obviously falls into
Career/Profession house, the tenth house. And the gains there from will be shown by the 11th house,
the House of Gains. If you have respectable strength for the 10th and 11th houses and if the strength of
the 11th house is more than the 10th, you will certainly succeed in your new business. To what extent
you will succeed can also be determined by studying the individual strengths of both these houses.
It is believed that for every one of your actions, God gives you suitable directions by giving 40 odd
symptoms or omens from around you to determine whether the action is going to yield favourable or
unfavourable results. Unfortunately these could only be understood properly by learned astrologers.
And this is the basis of Horary Astrology. It is known in Sanskrit as Prasna Marga.
Astrology is a divine science and it should not be used for experimentation. For a given problem you
should consult a single astrologer only with the actual birth time of the problem and getting a second or
third opinion will lead you only to confusion and the varying advices could be unreliable.
To test this theory you can perhaps contact a good astrologer with your problems in detail together with
the date, time and place of birth of your problem and intended solutions available. The success factor
can be worked out as in the case of any other horoscope. In case you do not have the date, time and
place of birth details, you could give a random number of 8 digits which spontaneously comes to your
mind while sincerely praying to God to show you the correct path to be followed to be successful in
solving the problem.
Astrology is a divine science as is Medical science. Both should not be used to make money since none
can guarantee success in both the professions to anyone since results are totally dependant on one's
own fate or destiny. However it is believed that these sciences will come to fruition only if the recipient
reciprocates the consultant with a Dakshina or donation depending upon one's own abilities in any form
either in kind or in cash as is mentioned in Vedas which should not be demanded either in quality or
quantity by the Consultants.
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Chapter 11 : Muhurta – An auspicious time to initiate actions.
Muhurta is the auspicious time which holds in its embryo the fate and future of the yet to be initiated
activities and we use astrological calculations for finding out such time considering the execution of the
proposed activity as the birth time as is done in Horary/Electional astrology.
Auspicious means promising success, propitious, opportune and favourable and obviously auspicious
time implies success in the future, while propitious means favourable conditions are present, which
provides means of promising or of good omen—not just special or memorable ones.
As per Srimad Bhagavatham 3.14.38 which says “Because of your mind's being polluted, because of
defilement of the particular time, because of your negligence of my directions, and because of your
being apathetic to the demigods, everything was inauspicious”. This shows that Veda endorses
auspicious time to take action or initiate an action is to your advantage to get the blessings of God
invoked.
So following an auspicious time to initiate any action in life is advantageous to the doer particularly if his
horoscope is not sufficiently potent enough to give him fruitful results for all actions he undertakes. I
mean that his horoscope has a net strength of less than 35% as evaluated by the algorithm explained in
my article on “Scientific Evaluation of a Horoscope” on this site. To many, the time of birth is also not
known and such people cannot have a birth chart and they can best make use of this auspicious time for
all important actions in their life like initiating the studies, Vidyarambha, applying for a job after studies,
marriage, starting of any project like building a house, starting a job or going abroad for business
purposes and even begetting a child who is fortunate and successful in life etc.
Now how do you find this Muhurta the Sanskrit word for auspicious time. Let us take an example you
want to start a project of setting up a Biscuit factory and you approach an astrologer for this purpose.
You will have to tell him the purpose and the approximate date and time when you wish to start this
project by let us say by laying the foundation stone of the factory.
The astrologer then prepares a chart based on the intended date, time and place. And he checks the
strength of the planets and the houses. The net strength of the chart is worked out either manually or by
using astrological software which are very common these days. If the net strength of the horoscope is
more and 90%, you can say that the factory will eventually produce outstanding results. And the lower
this strength is the performance of the factory will also be less in proportion. The minimum acceptable
can be determined by the owner who is the winner of the fruits of labour.
If he is still not happy with the success factor, he can repeat this process at a later time when conditions
are more favourable.
It is believed that though one is not endowed with a good horoscope, his actions still can produce good
results if they are started at auspicious times. But it is fool hardy to declare a time auspicious for all
purposes as is being printed in the almanacs or calendars these days. The auspicious time will vary
depending on the place, time and date and there are no universal auspicious times. India when it
became independent, a good Muhurta was not chosen and the strength of our birth time midnight of 15
August 1947 was only some 27% potent and that is what we are all suffering on account of now, no
promising growth, no efficient leaders, fighting politicians, corrupt bureaucracy, illiterate public selfish in
nature and you name it what not.
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The calculation of net strength of a horoscope though it is time consuming to prepare if done manually,
these days these can be done using computers in a matter of seconds. Therefore trial and error has
become very easy and we can check many alternatives in one sitting with an astrologer.
And these days I do get a number of requests from doctors, parents etc. to suggest a suitable time for
caesarean delivery to be conducted. And though I do not advocate meddling in Nature and its ways, on
compulsive persuasion, I had prescribed the time after studying the horoscope with the suggested time
and going forward and backward to arrive at a suitable time most auspicious for this purpose, generally
with a more than 80% strength for the chart at that time. In case of emergencies, these strengths have to
be comprised with a lower one.
And what happens. To my mind, it is a futile exercise. Births and Deaths are totally controlled by God
and you cannot manipulate it with the assistance of a doctor or anyone for that matter. It is misusing
astrology which is a sin. Even if I can tell you a best time for conducting the Caesarean, it does not help
since most often the doctors get delayed and it cannot be done at the desired time. And even if you are
able to do it, the time of birth is the time when the baby cries for the first time and that is definitely not
in the hands of anyone.
And giving a good date is again totally meaningless since there are good times and bad times within a
day which you cannot have any control on.
So, if you have a major job at hand doing which you expect to get favourable returns, always start it at
the most auspicious time and you are fairly certain of victory even if your own horoscope is not that
potent. The actions and the result thereof will bear fruit if started at the right time considered to be
auspicious as per planetary placements and not by the star, thithi or day as is being done now in
common. There are no universal auspicious times.
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Chapter 12 : Myths and Misconceptions in Astrology
As a research Astrologer, I have been evaluating horoscopes for more than 50 years and I have found
that there are lot of misconceptions or myths in Astrology which are used to frighten the unsuspecting
public by wayside astrologers and I am quoting below what I found on one of the sites in Astrology
www.astrojyoti.com the content of which I fully endorse.
Misconceptions and blind beliefs in Astrology
“It is highly unfortunate that in the land where Vedic astrology was born, most people, even a lot of
astrologers, have a lot of misconceptions and blind beliefs about several basic facts of astrology. An
astrologer propagates a wrong theory and a dozen people believe them. They tell a dozen more and
soon it becomes an accepted norm! Misconceptions about Mangal dosha, Rakshasa Gana, Kalasarpa
dosha and Sade sati have a lot of far reaching effects in our society full of superstitions, especially in
marriage matters.”
Here is how the ignorant or ill intentioned pundits take people for a ride by inducing a fear psychosis!
One of the biggest misconceptions and fears in the Hindu society with respect to marriage is the
presence of Mangal Dosha or Kuja Dosha in the chart of a boy or a girl. I have seen a countless number of
good matches being rejected by people just because the boy or the girl has Mangal Dosha present in the
chart.
Even the various axioms of astrology differ as to in which houses it is present, what the exceptions are
and what the effects and remedies are. According to some authorities when Mars is placed in the
1,2,4,7,8,12, from lagna causes Kuja Dosha. Some authorities omit the 1st house and some others omit
the 2nd house.
Some astrologers thump the table and quote Parashara and Varahamihira to prove their point. To start
with most of the astrologers only have a very hazy idea of the science of astrology. On top of that, let me
tell you that the existing shastras and their translations are not very pure! Take for example the Brihat
Parashara Hora Shastra of Rishi Parashara. In chapter 2 verse 5-7 we have the following: “Rama is the
incarnation of the Sun, Krishna of the moon, Narasimha that of Mars, Buddha that of Mercury, Vamana
that of Jupiter, Parashurama that of Venus, Koorma that of Saturn, Varaha that of Rahu and Matsya that
of Ketu”. Sounds great. However, according to astrology Parashara was the father of Vedavyasa who
wrote the Mahabharata. According to our calculations the Mahabharata period was 2500 BC to 3200 BC.,
or around 1200BC. according to the western historians. Buddha belonged to the much later and fairly
authentically recorded period. He died in 544BC. Then how did Parashara say that Buddha is the Avatara
of Mercury more than a millennium before? If he were forecasting then he would have clearly stated
that “Buddha avatara will be born”. Obviously some of the people who wrote the shastras added a few
things on their own!
Rishi Parashara, in his Brihat Parasara Horasastra, chapter 81, verse 47 said the following: “If Mars is
placed in the Lagna, 12th, 4th, 7th and 8th houses, without any aspect or conjunction of the benefic
planets, the husband of such a woman will certainly have an early death.” So it is clear that if Mars has
the aspect or association of a benefic, there is no dosha. It must be noted that in the very next verse,
verse 48, he gave the other important exception as follows: “The yoga in which a woman takes birth and
becomes a widow, if a male takes birth, he also becomes a widower. If a woman with the widowhood
yoga marries a man with similar yoga, such yoga will be cancelled.” So the 2nd exception given by him is
that this feared dosha is cancelled if both the girl and the boy have mangal dosha.
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However by and large the majority of the astrologers include the 2nd house also in the mangala dosha
and accept the 6 houses. As there are 12 houses in a horoscope and as Mars in 6 houses causes Mangala
Dosha, it simply means that 50% of the people born have Kuja Dosha of some level. Hence it goes
without saying that this Mangala Dosha is not something which will ruin a person, because it is not the
intention of God to condemn half of mankind.
The prevalent misconceptions are that, if a person has Martian affliction it will either ruin the marriage
or will cause one’s death or the death of the partner. Especially if a girl has Kuja or Mangala Dosha,
called “Mangali”, she is looked upon as a devil by the mother-in-law. Nothing can be farther than the
truth. First let us examine what the Kuja Dosha is all about and how it affects marriage.
The planet Mars symbolizes courage, aggression, vitality, confidence, fighting spirit and warrior qualities.
If Mars is placed in any of these 6 houses, it gives aggressive tendencies to either the person or the
spouse. In certain cases if Mars is malefic to the native, it also gives danger to life, provided that other
bad combinations are also present. These two are the main negative qualities. Hence the first reason for
the “Dosha Complex” is that – in the olden days the ideal wife was regarded as one who is meek,
obedient and submissive. Hence a girl with the so called Martian afflictions, who is likely to have courage
and fighting spirit, was considered by our male chauvinistic society as a girl with “Dosha”. The second
possible reason for the “Dosha Complex” is that during the war torn middle ages when a lot of the
sashtras were written, a “Martian person”, who is normally well built, courageous, aggressive and has
fighting qualities, was a prime candidate to be recruited by the king for his army and hence the chances
of his death or serious injury were quite strong. In the present changed circumstances it is foolishness of
the highest order to be scared simply because one has Mangal Dosha.
However, Mangala Dosha is not something that can be ignored. It does cause marital discord. Before
marriage it is very essential to match horoscopes for Kuja Dosha. If a person has Kuja Dosha in the
horoscope the spouse must also have Kuja Dosha. This way the Dosha is cancelled. Otherwise both
should be without any Dosha. Various “authorities and experts” have given a lot of exceptions and
cancellations for the Dosha. They are so many that almost everything is cancelled! The truth is that in
majority of the cases the so called exceptions and cancellations do not work.
A Manglik which means who has a strong Mars in 7th, 8th houses and some other houses like 2nd,12th,
4th with reduced influences need not kill a partner with whom you have sex. The general rule is given
below for a potent Mars in the 12 houses of a horoscope.
First House : The native's married life will be full of enthusiasm, have strong sexual urges and will never
be satisfied in sex. He enjoys sex life greatly and fully demonstrates his love and affection to his partner
and will require constant love and affection from partner.
Second House : The native will be aggressive and crude in sex matters. He / She has very burning and
deep feelings for partner but does not exhibit them.
Third House : The native will be very determined to have good and healthy sex with the partner. He /
She will be courageous and considerate in sex matter but fails to demonstrate.
Fourth House : The native will have extensive sexual relationship with the partner and will be lustfully
inclined and selfish in the relationship. They have deep attachment with the partner.
Sixth House : The native will not be sex crazy. Sex will be a normal routine for him / her. Native will not
have much regards for partner as far as sex is concerned.
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Seventh House : The native will be fond of sex and too demanding in sex and may indulge in indiscreet
sex life. The native will be romantic also.
Eight House : The native will have too much sex-indulgent, indiscriminate in sex and greatly attached to
principles and morals of married life.
Ninth House : The native will be very moderate and considerate to partner in sex habits. The native will
not regard sex as a driving force in life.
Tenth House : The native will be methodical and touchy in sex matters. The native will be fond of
pornography and very conscious of successful sex act.
Eleventh House : The native has craving for sex but do not show openly and easily satisfied. They attach
more importance to health and have a saintly outlook, though in thoughts they are sex- crazy.
Twelth House : The native will be quick and restless in sex behaviour. They even use unnatural methods
of sex or have perverted sex. The native will be careless about partner's feelings.
Now if the above effects has to materialise in full, Mars should be placed in the Bhavamadhya, i.e. in the
middle of the house as per the Bhava chart. This is where the residential strength come into effect.
So if you are a Manglik, you should first ascertain how potent your Mars is and then moderate the above
effects in proportion. And if your partner also has such an inclination with a matching potency of Mars,
that is a cancellation of the "MangalDosha" as is erroneously called in astrology. It is a state of physical
and mental urge with respect to Sexual matters.
A dissatisfied sexual experience with your partner leads to renunciation of sex and that is what leads to
a divorce and this need not necessarily be discontinuance of living together.
'A Manglik will kill her spouse' is just a metaphorical usage and it will never happen so. It is just a literal
translation of the last line of the related axiom "pathim hanthee na samsaya".
So do not worry about too much on those counts and Mangal Dosha is not to be used to exorcise a
woman. And remember if the groom has Mangal dosha, will not the bride die? And in a male
chauvinistic society that was not a problem. Today both men and women are equal in status and
financial independence and a girl like you should not bother about such trivial things.
A proper matching of horoscopes will take care of such incompatibilities and warn you in advance. You
are then at liberty to have a relationship or not.
As per the koota matching system, my advise is to give more importance to dina, gana, rasi, yoni and
rajju and less to the others. So much so for the nadi dosha fear!
The matching of horoscopes and especially the extent of Mangala Dosha is the job of an experienced
astrologer and must be done after carefully analyzing both the horoscopes.
Rakshasagana (Asuragana)
The second major misconception while matching horoscopes of marriage is Rakshasagana. Once again
this becomes a highly objectionable thing in case of a girl.
While matching horoscopes for a marriage under the Koota matching system, the birth stars in which the
Moon is placed at the time of birth, called Janma Nakshatra, in which the bride and bridegroom are
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born, are analyzed and matched for various compatibility factors. One of them is the Ganas of the
nakshatra. All the 27 Nakshatras come under 3 groups. They are Deva Gana, Manushyagana and
Rakshasagana. If both bride and bridegroom are born in the same Gana then the matching is supposed
to be the best. So the best combination is Deva-Deva, Manushya – Manushya and Rakshasa-Rakshasa. In
the Gana matching this combination gets 4 out of 4 points. The next best is between Deva-Manushya
and Manushya-Rakshasa. This gets a score of 2 out of 4 points. The last and worst combination is DevaRakshasa which gets a score of 0 out of 4 points. This is as per the detailed South Indian Dasha Koota
matching system. In the North Indian Ashtakoota Matching system the Gana matching is allotted 6
points and you get either 6, 3 or 0.
Unfortunately too much importance is given to this Gana matching because of two reasons. Firstly as in
case of Mangala Dosha, the person born under Rakshasagana has more confident and aggressive
tendencies and hence this becomes a major taboo for a girl. Secondly a good Gana matching enhances
prosperity. However, what the average public and even a lot of astrologers fail to take into account is
the fact that, out of the total 35 point Koota matching, the Gana matching carries only 3 points. What is
even more important is the fact that out of the 9 planets we are only taking into account the Ganas of
the stars in which the Moon is placed at birth and totally ignoring the Ganas of the stars in which the
balanced 8 planets are placed.
Hence it is foolhardy to attach too much importance to Gana dosha.
Sadesati
One of the most terrible periods, according to the believers in astrology, is the dreaded 7-1/2 years of
Saturn transit called “Sadesati” in North India and “Elinatishani” in South India. When the transiting
Saturn transits the 12th, 1st and 2nd houses from one’s Rasi, i.e., where one’s Moon is placed in the
birth chart, it is called Sadesati. ( Saturn takes 30 years to make one round of the zodiac hence 2-1/2
years in each sign multiplied by 3 = 7-1/2 years).
While it is true that during this 7-1/2 years Saturn transit period people do experience some tensions
and troubles, it is nothing to be scared about. On an average every man has to go through at least 2
sadesatis during his life time. The results of the sadesati transit vary considerably from person to person
depending on the planetary configurations in one’s birth chart. Even while giving some troubles and
tensions, it does not deny you success. For example when Mrs. Indira Gandhi became a Cabinet Minister
for Information and broadcasting in 1964, she was going through her Sadesati! In January 1966 when she
became Prime Minister she was still going through her Sadesati!! There are thousands of people who not
only got away scot-free during sadesati, but actually prospered during it.
All kinds of dreadful results are forecast by the astrologers to scare the people and apart from living
under fear; people spend a lot of money quite unnecessarily on all kinds of remedies. Actually the
pundits love Saturn, Mangal, Rahu and Ketu, the fearsome four names in Indian astrology, as they have
given more money to them by way of remedies than the benefics like Jupiter or Sun!
There are plenty of remedies for sadesati, the most effective being the daily reciting of Hanuman Chalisa
or the Dasaratha Shani stotra.
Saturn, which according to Hindu mythology is the son of Sun God, is an excellent planet. No other
planet can give what Saturn can. In fact having a well placed saturn in ones chart is one of the best things
to hope for! When Mrs. Indira Gandhi was re-elected PM, she was going through the mahadasa of
Saturn. When Amitab Bachan was at his peak, he was also going through Saturn mahadasa.
Unfortunately people and the pundits ignore the positive side of Saturn and project it only as an evil
planet.
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Kalasarpa dosha:
This is another highly feared combination. You will be surprised to know that the ancient classics of
astrology have not even mentioned it! Yet it has become one of the most feared doshas, because Kal
means death and Sarpa means snake. When all planets are to one side of Rahu and Ketu Kalasarpa
Dosha is supposed to be caused. This is considered a very bad yoga which gives rise to misfortunes and is
supposed to be a major obstruction to ones progress. This dosha is said to be severe when all planets are
within the arc from Rahu to Ketu in their natural motion direction.
There are supposed to be 12 types of Kalasarpa doshas, based on the placement of rahu from the lagna
to the 12th house. These 12 have been named after 12 fearful sounding snakes: Anant, Kulik, Vasuki,
Shankhapal, Padma, Mahapadma, Takshak, Karkataka, Shankhanaad, Patak, Vishakata and Sheshanag. It
is not known who cooked up this nonsense, but rest assured that it is none of the Rishis from Parashara
to Varahamihira. Obviously some new 20th century “Rishis” of Northern India!!
The latest astro-stunt by the “Pundits” is the introduction of “partial kalasarpa dosha”. The basics
parameters of this are undefined, so anyone may have it!! A lot of unscrupulous astrologers are scaring
people about this dosha and extracting money for the so called remedies. The remedy of course depends
and varies according to the financial status of the innocent man!
From practical point of view this is not found to be a hindrance to progress. I have the horoscopes of a
lot of people who have this so called dosha and are doing quite well in life. One of the most notable
exceptions is the horoscope of Jawaharlal Nehru, the late prime minister of India. If someone can rise to
that level with kalasarpa yoga, then its not a bad one really!!”
Yogas or Combinations
Most astrologers pacify their customers telling them that they have Yogas in their horoscope. There are
more than 300 combinations in Astrology. Some of the best yogas are Gaja Kesary Yoga, Rajayoga,
Vipareetha Rajayoga and Pancha mahapurusha yogas and Neecha bhanga rajayoga. These yogas
manifest when planets are placed in certain quardrants or trines, while in exaltation or debilitation or
having some particular positioning in the horoscopes which are well founded by mathematical logic.
Unfortunately astrologers hardly tell their customers the strength of these yogas in their horoscope and
they are generally led to believe that it has 100% strength. But in most cases, it is not so and astrologers
do not bother to calculate or are unaware of how to calculate the strength of these yogas. But to the
clients, it is soothening to hear that they have Yogas in their horoscopes and are well pleased on hearing
it. Most of the yogas are a myth if it does not have at least some 35% strength.
Human beings generally tend to emulate celebrities who are either people holding high positions or
laurels to their credit. It does not mean that all celebrities have excellent horoscopes. Many of the
successful politicians have a weak horoscope and what they excel in is only in one of the fields or
astrologically telling one of the houses. Many of the politicians have a weak moral, some very corrupt
and some rather illiterate but have the inherent capacity to lead people. Many of the celebrities have a
weak marital bliss or a poor heath or a very unsatisfactory family life.
Is Death an Unpleasant Experience
Anything which goes out from your body like Phlegm, Pus, Gas, vomiting etc. produces relief which is
something which creates happiness. You feel relieved after such throwing outs from the body. How a
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mother is relieved and is happy when the baby is delivered! And similarly sweating when it is very hot
gives you relief when the sweat comes out through the pores of the skin. And while your bladder is full,
urine, when it goes out, you enjoy it and the same is true while defecating. While having sex when the
semen is ejaculated, you have the height of happiness associated with some ecstatic movements of your
body. And logic says that anything which goes out from the body, you are provided with happiness to
accompany it and Death is your life going out of your body, in other words Life gets a release from the
bondage of human body and that is the most ecstatic of all happiness. So never worry about Death. That
is the most pleasant experience one could ever have in life.
Wearing Navaratna Ring for propitiating Planets.
I have found thousands of people wearing a Navaratna ring with all the nine precious stones embedded
in it thinking that all the nine planets will bless them simultaneously and they can rise in life and live
happily thereafter. Wearing a gem if at all it is useful to make a planet potent, wearing all of the gems to
make all planet potent is tantamount to taking multivitamin tablets little realising that if you have
satisfactory levels of any vitamin, the body has to exert too much to throw out the excess of vitamins
through your kidney thus adding pressure to the human system and this makes the body weaker and it
will have the opposite effect of what you expect to happen. So is wearing a Navaratna Ring which will be
counterproductive in all cases.
Beware Astrology is only good for evaluating yourselves and you cannot improve upon it by doing
anything. You are just being forewarned about your life and you have to tune it accordingly to accept
both defeat and success with the same ease. After all you live only for 33 seconds as per the Cosmic
Clock when you say the average life span is about 75 years of earthly life.
Mahabharata War fought in Kurukshetra
Most of the Hindus would have read the epic Mahabharata and would definitely would have heard
about the Kurushetra War between Pandavas and Kauravas.
In fact there was never such a war. It was a symbolic war between good and evil within our mind.
Pandavas represented the Good senses and Kauravas represented the evil senses. Do read the book
"God talks with Arjuna THE BHAGAVAD GITA written by SriSri Paramahansa Yogananda which is
available on Flipkart and Amazon.
Wishing all the readers of this article the best of health and wealth and whatever they wish for.
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Chapter 13 : Medical Astrology
This article is also a sequel to my previous articles on Astrology. As I have been receiving mails asking me
how we can make use of the strength of houses of a horoscope in determining the health of an
individual and the vulnerable parts of his body and what care could be taken to prevent any serious
problems with such weak organs. To understand this issue better we should know which organs and
diseases are signified by the 12 houses of the horoscope.
The First House : The head and the face are the main parts of the body denoted by the first house. It
involves the complexion, cranium, forehead, brain, hair, pituitary glands, etc. If the first house in our
natal chart is weak then it results in a sickly constitution, thereby leading to headache, mental tension,
paralysis, giddiness, wounds, scars, erratic activity of endocrine glands, derangement, brain fever,
stupidity, nose bleeding, etc.
The Second House : Throat and the ears are the main parts of the body signified by the second house. It
generally rules the organs like nose, throat, mouth, tongue, teeth and eyes, especially the right one,
facial bones, upper neck and its bones, gullet, larynx, cerebellum, trachea, cervical region and cervical
bones, tonsils, etc. Implication of poor digestion, disorders of speech, throat, cervical, gums, eyes, teeth,
etc., and diseases mainly arising out of a weak venous system shows a weak second house in your natal
chart.
The Third House : Shoulders, arms, the collar bone, hands, lungs and the nervous system are the main
parts of the body denoted by the third house. The lower neck, shoulders, arms, ears hands, shoulders,
collar bones, thyroid gland, respiratory and nervous systems are ruled by the third house. A birth chart
showing a weak third house brings problems of respiratory canal, disorders of thyroid, imbalances in the
nervous system, depression resulting in partial paralysis, stammering, shoulder pains, fracture in the
collar bone region, partial deafness, respiratory diseases, asthma, tuberculosis, etc.
The Fourth House : Digestive organs, stomach and breasts are the organs governed by the fourth house.
If the fourth house is weak in your horoscope it results in coronary problems, physical ailments of breast,
chest, heart and lungs’ disorders, mental disorders, lunacy and the problems connected to the
circulatory systems. Affliction of the fourth house by the sign of fire and when under aspect by Mars
indicates surgery in digestive systems whereas with watery sign affliction, diabetes and diet restrictions
are likely.
The Fifth House : The fifth house rules the body parts like heart, upper belly, stomach, liver, gall bladder,
pancreas, spleen, colon, diaphragm, spine and spinal cord, pregnancy, etc. Diabetes, peptic ulcers,
anaemia, colic pains, stones in gall bladder, acidity, spinal cord disorders, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, pleurisy,
heart problems, etc. are implications of weakness of the fifth house. If the 5th house is afflicted with airy
sign it leads to mental illness, lunacy etc.
The Sixth House : Diseases related to body parts like waist, navel, lower abdomen, kidneys, small
intestine, upper part of large intestine, intestinal function, appendix are mainly due to a weak sixth
house in your birth chart. It is related to sickness like appendicitis, poisoning, constipation, hernia, blood
urea, psychiatric problems, exhaustion and nervous breakdown. The sixth house afflicted with moon
makes a wild tempered person or a lunatic whereas Venus affiliation gives sexual disorders, dysfunction
of sex glands and sterility. Similarly when Mercury affiliates the sixth house it gives loss of memory, dull
head and idiocy.
The Seventh House : The various body parts ruled and governed by the seventh house are the ovaries,
kidneys and lower half of the back, pelvic girdle, lumbar region, bladder, lower part of large intestine,
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inner sexual organs uterus, cervix, testicles and prostate gland, etc. Thus a horoscope with afflictions in
the seventh house results in venereal diseases, arthritis, gout pains, urination problems, impotency,
sterilization, renal problems, nervous and psychological problems, sexual disorders, venereal diseases
etc.
The Eighth House : The various parts of the body under the control of the eighth house are the sex
organs, bladder and the muscular system, scrotum and anus, outer sexual organs, excretory organs,
pelvic bones, etc. Saturn posited in the 12th house, with the lord of 8th in the 2nd house premature
death is indicated. Health disorders like fissure, impotency, piles, urinary infections, boils, chronic
diseases, etc. are due to a weak eighth house.
The Ninth House : The parts of the body ruled by the ninth house are thighs, left leg, thigh bones, bone
marrow, hips, hip joints and the arterial system. Therefore a weak ninth house indicates low productivity
of blood, thalasemia, leukaemia, high fevers, diabetes, rheumatism and troubles in hips and thighs, etc.
Fracture of knee joint or knee cap is possible with an afflicted 9th house with Sun’s aspect.
The Tenth House : The tenth house is involved in governing the body parts like knee and kneecaps, joints
and bones. Health related problems like arthritis, broken knees, inflammation of joints, general
weakness, skin diseases and allergies, emaciated body, etc. are due to a weak tenth house.
The Eleventh House : The eleventh takes care of the body organs like shanks, ankles, shin bone, right
leg, left ear and left arm. Circulatory problems, fracture of the lower portion of legs, pain in legs,
problems of low productivity of blood, cancer of leg, etc. generally happens when the birth chart of an
individual shows a weak eleventh house.
The Twelfth House : The organs under the control of the twelfth house are left eye, lymphatic system
and feet. A weak twelfth house causes sleep disturbances and weakens the immunization power.
These classifications of diseases and its attributes to the different houses are only extracts from the old
books on this subject and lot of research need to be done before finalizing on these theories.
Unfortunately the usefulness of Astrology in medicine has not been fully understood and warrants in
depth study of this subject.
However it is certain that the various houses in Astrology has close relationship with the different parts
of the body and a study of the strengths of the houses will help us finding out the weak parts of the body
and treatments could be carried out using Ayurveda without causing any side effects as opposed to
Allopathic treatments. I would go to the extent that along with the lab reports of patients, the
horoscope also should be looked into which would help in diagnosis of diseases and possibly the times
during which the manifestations of possible diseases could be identified.
Again the inputs needed are the Date, Time and place of birth of an individual and a horoscope can be
charted out detailing out the strength of the houses in a matter of minutes using an Astrology software.
I am giving below an example of the horoscope of a very famous film actor who has a lot of health
problems and related mental problems.
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You can see only two houses have got a Passed grading the 2nd and 11th houses. He has innumerable
health problems but he happens to be rich and therefore still living with the help of outstanding
professionals of the medical science.
Needless to say Astrology can well be used in the medical science too. Not necessarily all findings in
Astrology need be true, but that is true with all sciences like Meteorology, Medical Science, Stock
Markets, Geology, Space technology which are beyond the realm of real understanding.
When in doubt, go to Astrology like in rummy when in doubt go the pack.
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The above picture gives you the different parts of the body and the planets ruling them.
The strength of the planets indicate how good or otherwise are those parts and due care could be taken
to protect them on our own.
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Chapter 14 : Astrology – Science or Superstition?
All of us are curious to know our future. Whenever we are in difficulties and cannot easily tide over it,
we want to know whether the days of our miseries will ever come to an end at all. And if so, then when
will it happen? When someone invests a great deal of time, effort or money into a project, it is natural to
wonder whether that investment will bear fruit and bring profits in.
There have always been people around who have successfully predicted future events. Their methods
have been different - some people can simply look into the future, some use tarot cards, some draw up
an astrological chart which we call horoscopes, some read the lines in the palms of people. One cannot
deny that future has been accurately predicted many a times and by many a people. Each successful
prediction proves that it is indeed possible to correctly predict the future. But the chances of a correct
prediction had only a 50% probability.
In the olden days, astrologers were held to be in great esteem by the people. Astrology was a synonym
of Astronomy. There was no difference between astronomers and astrologers. You will be surprised to
know that most of the renowned scientists of the past, including Sir Isaac Newton, were astrologers too.
Predictive Astrology known as Jyothish Shastra was handled by great mathematicians. An accomplished
astrologer was one who could see past, present and future. It would perhaps not be untrue to say that
Astrology was considered to be one of the foremost branches of science similar to Ayurveda particularly
in the Indian sub-continent.
Decline of Astrology as a Science
It is a fact of life that people emulate successful, popular and respected persons. Seeing the social status
enjoyed by astrologers, charlatans started masquerading as astrologers. They learnt a few tricks of the
trade and started duping gullible people. It was and still is a very lucrative business. An astrologer earns
money by making predictions while giving no guarantee that any of his predictions will turn out to be
true. No money back guarantee is offered. Once an astrologer sets up shop, people start coming to him
in the hope that, may be he will be able to foresee their future correctly. The astrologer is in a wonderful
position. For example, he may make predictions about ten persons, getting only one prediction right.
The nine persons, about whom he predicted wrongly, will never come back to him. But the tenth person,
about whom the astrologer was able to predict correctly will not only come back to him again but also
refer many other persons to him, citing personal experience. In this way, the business of an astrologer
always flourishes, no matter how he himself fares in his trade. But the downside of this was that
astrologers, as a group, started being seen as a lot of dubious persons like politicians of the modern age.
Once such an impression started gaining ground, Astrology as a subject no longer remained attractive to
intelligent persons. Talented people started to pursue other fields of knowledge. Over a period of time,
the inevitable happened. No talent, worth its salt, chose to pursue Astrology as a vocation or a hobby
and the outcome of this is for everyone to see in these days. Internet is full of such quacks.
There was one more very important reason for Astrology becoming one of the lesser fields of
knowledge. It was the decline of India, the fountainhead of human civilization, and its loss of status as
the repository of all the knowledge of the ancient world. The Islamic hordes who attacked and looted
India off and on and later ruled the country for hundreds of years, had no respect for priceless works of
art, the magnificent architecture and the other exalted areas of human endeavour. They destroyed most
of the ancient temples, burnt down libraries like Nalanda and Takshshila and took away innumerable
books of infinite wisdom for the future generations of humanity. A great amount of recorded knowledge
was thus lost, astrological books included. The few people, who had some invaluable texts and
scriptures with them, were hard put to preserve the remaining works passed on to us by the ancient
sages. That is why, when one studies Astrology, he feels as if some vital links are missing. With the Hindu
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philosophy losing its ground it was natural that Astrology would lose its prominent place too. As the
modern science developed and the scientific temperament gained ground, with the dearth of genuine
astrologers, Astrology started fading into oblivion.
The criticism and The defence
Astrology is scoffed at by people for two main reasons. First, of course, is that the predictions made by
astrologers often go wrong. Secondly, if one takes a horoscope to different astrologers, they make
different predictions. They even make different horoscope charts given the same birth details like date,
time and place. These sort of variations led people to believe that Astrology is not a science and that it is
only a means to dupe the unsuspecting public.
One cannot deny that the reasons cited above are valid. Nonetheless, there is some element of prejudice
against Astrology which also plays some part in the denigration of this subject. Let us take an example to
illustrate this point.
A man falls sick due to some disease. He goes to his neighbourhood doctor. The doctor advises him to go
for some tests. After seeing the results of those tests and considering the patient's symptoms, the doctor
concludes that the man has contracted some particular disease. He prescribes some medicines and the
patient goes home in the hope of getting cured as soon as possible. After taking the medicines for next
two days, the patient finds that the medicines are not working to his advantage. He goes back to the
doctor and the doctor changes the medicines and the person starts responding to the second set of
medication immediately. Within a few days, the person is back to his old healthy self.
What would have happened if the person had not responded to that second set of medicines? Most
probably he would have gone to another doctor. That doctor would have advised him to go for more
tests, diagnosed his problem as per his own knowledge and experience and treated him accordingly.
Again, there would have been the same probability of the patient getting cured or not.
So, in the end it boils down to the problem of correct diagnosis. When the disease is identified correctly,
it can be treated successfully. The doctor's problem is to diagnose the disease correctly, given the
symptoms and the results of the tests conducted. Often these diagnoses do go wrong with the
diminishing values of education given out by institutions that run it as a business with a profit motive.
There is one more element which may mar the chances of the patient getting better: the test results. If
the lab conducting those tests makes a mistake, the doctor is bound to be misled by the results. It has
also been observed many a times that even with the same symptoms and the same set of test results;
different doctors diagnose the problem differently.
The same thing, when happening in the context of Astrology , is proffered as a proof that it is not a
science. When a doctor makes a mistake, his skills are blamed not on the Medical Science. But if an
Astrologer fails, it is Astrology which is the cause and they call it a pseudo-science. When doctors arrive
at varying conclusions on the basis of identical test results, why astrologers should be an exception. If
you take the blood samples of the same patient to different labs, you are almost certain to find
differences in their findings. If the machines built with all our scientific knowledge at our disposal make
mistakes, no one denigrates modern science itself. But when it comes to Astrology, people are only too
ready to dismiss it as a farce. Perhaps, by doing this, people want to prove that they have, what is called,
a scientific temperament.
Why Astrologers go wrong in their prediction? Mr.A.K.Gupta, a renowned astrologer suggests:
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Lack of knowledge: This is perhaps the foremost reason. Most of the astrologers, after learning a bit, find
it difficult to resist the temptation to start making predictions. A certain percentage of their predictions
do turn out to be true since they have learnt a little bit of Astrology after all. They cannot hold
themselves back from showing off their half-baked knowledge. Another reason is the temptation to start
reaping, as soon as possible, the fruits of their efforts made in learning the subject. Once the customers
start flocking to them, they lose the urge to keep learning further. Also, they are left with little spare
time to make further learning possible. They get too busy duping people.
Lack of Talent: In modern times, since the pursuit of this subject is not considered very respectable,
persons of genius do not take up the study of Astrology. They would rather prefer to become scientists,
engineers, doctors, authors, artists etc. This does not help the development of Astrology nor does it help
add to the knowledge or find the missing links in this subject. Currently, there are no serious research
projects being conducted related to this field. Thus the base of knowledge does not get updated or
widened.
Incorrect Data: As the very basis of Astrology is purely mathematical, the data such as time of birth etc.
must be accurate. If this data is incorrect, the horoscope and consequently the interpretation or
evaluation would be bound to be faulty. The position of cusps, house divisions, and the planetary
positions at any given moment needs to be accurate too. The many ephemerises differ from each other
so much so, that it seems incredible. One must follow the most accurate data (for example, from NASA)
for calculations, in this age of computers. Normally, astrologers tend to take the easy route, that of
following some ready reckoner sort of things, leading to inaccuracies in their calculations.
Destiny of the subject: It may so happen that the fate of the person who wants his future read, does not
favour the person in knowing his future. This idea may seem farfetched but it is not. Even in modern
times, with all the development in medical science, patients keep dying of fully curable diseases. If a
person is destined to die of pneumonia, he will, in spite of the fact that millions of people around the
world are successfully treated for it every year. If fate can play a role here why cannot it play the same
role in Astrology too?
The very nature of Future: Modern science divides the universe in two parts: known and the unknown. It
is believed that whatever is unknown today, will become known tomorrow. Over a period of time,
everything will become known. But the enlightened sages have said that certain aspects of the existence
are beyond the scope of our knowledge. These things do not belong in the domain of human knowledge.
Certain aspects of future also belong to the same domain.
Anyone, who will study Astrology with an open mind, cannot dismiss it as something without merit. It is
an easy task for astrologers to correctly tell certain things about a man, such as his physical
characteristics, diseases he is likely to get afflicted with, his temperament, his overall success in life in
terms of money he earns or fame he achieves, the nature of his profession etc., simply by looking at his
correctly drawn horoscope and calculating the strength of the horoscopes which has become possible
with the advent of computer programs. It is in the matters of details and the timing of events that
astrologers tend to go awry. What is needed is a fresh approach to the subject. Brilliant minds should
take it up for study, correct some anomalies and misconceptions which this science has acquired over
the long past. Only then this subject can regain its rightful place as a serious and important branch of
knowledge.
What is Science : Science (from Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that
builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
In an older and closely related meaning, "science" also refers to a body of knowledge itself, of the type
that can be rationally explained and reliably applied.
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Today Astrology is also a science. If the input data like the date, time and place of birth is given the
horoscope charts can be correctly calculated using reliable data supplied by NASA and the strength of a
horoscope can be evaluated with the aid of high speed computers in a matter of minutes and there are
no chances of errors in the calculations as had been experienced while astrologers calculated and
prepared a horoscope manually working hours together when he was prone to making errors.
Yes regarding predictions, astrology can only evaluate a horoscope and say something about the course
of destiny which it will take in the life of an individual. Unlike in medical science, there are no medicines
to be prescribed but can only be properly counselled as is being done in a psychiatric treatment which
might include meditation, yoga or praying to God or following a routine etc.
In my other articles in this book, I have elaborated how well these calculations can be done with samples
of final reports. Different branches of astrology like Horary Astrology and Medical astrology, Horoscope
matching etc. are fully discussed.
Yes, to get a horoscope prepared and evaluated, one has to learn Astrology or contact a learned
Astrologer who has access to the Astrology Software and a Computer at his disposal. They are not freely
available and so you will have to pay for the services as you would do when you go to a hospital for
treatment.
Of course the Government can set up institutes offering astrological services free of charge if they wish
to do so.
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Chapter 15 : What is Life and Why we are here – An astrological
perspective
The Earth is a miniscule grain of sand in this Universe where more than 6 billions of humans and
innumerable other creatures are living in, each of them interacting with each other. Life on earth would
have been impossible without these mutual interactions. We are all interdependent in some form or
other. We are completely dwarfed by the infinity of time and space – so how can anything we do be of
any significance whatsoever?
Albert Einstein once said "A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in
time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the
rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us
to our personal desires and affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves
from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of
nature in its beauty and abundance."
Destiny determines what forces influence our lives to ensure we encounter the life experiences that we
require for our continued development. Destiny is essentially a series of opportunities that enable us to
learn lessons, acquire new abilities, develop our consciousness and help others. We use the word Fate
with a slightly negative tone which more or less represents destiny itself in the form of Karma or Action.
We are in control of our destiny but have no control over our fate. Destiny cannot be forced on us. If we
are forced then it is our fate. Destiny gives us an opportunity to turn a situation to our advantage and
accomplish something great through our own efforts. It is designed to give us the best opportunities for
the development of our consciousness, but it is only an outline – not an exact script. It doesn't detract
from our freewill in any way, because we decide exactly how we want to act in any situation.
The basic outline for our life is planned (pre-destined) before we were born to give us the right
opportunities for growth. But we don't have to follow the pre-destined route if we don't want to. A life
plan can be compared to a maze, and our life's purpose is to complete the maze. We don't know where
we are going or where we will end up, so all we can do is make our way through life using our best
judgment. Every wrong turn leads to a dead end and every correct turn leads to progress. A correct turn
may not correspond to success in the physical sense, for example: failing to get a promotion may not
seem like the best outcome from a financial perspective, but it might actually be the best outcome for
the development of your consciousness. We all occasionally make what appear to be bad decisions, but
if we learn from those seemingly wrong decisions we eventually discover that they were in fact right
decisions. If we deviate from our life's plan we may need to be coaxed back on to the right track, and the
further we stray from the optimal path the harder the lessons get. Every choice we make affects our
future and therefore our destiny. Right now we are experiencing the destiny (and the karma) that arose
from choices we made in the past.
Human destiny is largely decided by the planetary interactions. Individual human destiny is largely
decided by our guardian angels. And this is what is shown in a Horoscope chart. The more evolved we
are the more input we have in deciding our destiny, and the more important it becomes to our
development. Our guardian angels can only guide our destiny to the extent that we allow them. The
sensible option is to give them complete control because they are far more advanced than we are and
they know what is best for us, but most people are egotistical and think that they know better. Mankind
is not developed enough to determine its own destiny – that much is evident from the state of the world
today. And it is in this context Astrology comes to our rescue to indicate to us what the overall plan of
our destiny is and how to use it to our advantage by our own Karmas as dictated by destiny.
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Karma is a Sanskrit word meaning "action", but is generally understood to mean the consequences of
one's actions. The word "karma" is commonly used to indicate bad karma, and the word "merit" is often
used to indicate good karma. The law of karma is best described as "cause and effect" because every
action (or cause) has a corresponding consequence (or effect). If you plant good causes you will reap
good effects, and if you plant bad causes you will reap bad effects.
In each of our lives in the cycle of births and deaths we acquire some bad karma and some good karma
and we suffer the consequences of some of our previous bad karma and reap the benefits of some of our
previous good karma. During the early stages of our human evolution we all acquired large amounts of
bad karma which were to be gradually endured off. Because many people still have much more bad
karma than good, seemingly favourable circumstances often have a sting in their tail. This is evident
from the tumultuous lives of some of the celebrities and the people whose lives have been ruined by
unexpected gains like winning a raffle or something similar.
Think of your karma as having two bank accounts – one for good karma and one for bad karma. Good
karma can either be "spent" on pleasurable life circumstances or it can be used to "pay off" some of our
bad karma. Less-educated people nearly always choose the first option; whilst better educated ones
usually choose the second. This explains some of the iniquities of life where honest and hardworking
people live in poverty whilst selfish and corrupt people live a life of opulence. When a less-developed
person chooses to spend all their good karma in one go they will enjoy wealth, power or fame for few
years or perhaps an entire lifetime, but once their good karma is used up they will be relegated to many
future lives of poverty and suffering. The real sting is that an undeveloped person usually generates
more bad karma in a prosperous life than they do in a poverty-stricken life because the money, power or
fame goes to their head and makes them more egotistical and unpleasant.
The strength of the individual houses in your horoscope helps you in this regard whether to what extent
you should utilize your blessings for and how to keep away from evil thoughts and desires. The belief
that Wealth and abundance are gifts from God – signals that he is pleased with us and has blessed us is
completely wrong. God does not have favourites and our financial status is of no concern to him. Wealth
is the result of good karma or merit, the result of "good investments" we made in previous lives. The
Bible describes karma as "The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the
wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them. We reap what we sow. Let's not forget the
stories of Chitragupta or St.Peter standing at the pearly gates weighing our good deeds against our bad
ones.
Karma exists to protect us and to guide us back on track when we go astray. But karma is often slow to
respond and, because of its intimate relationship with destiny, often waits until a future life is taken. The
delayed effect of karma explains how non-smokers can end up getting lung cancer. They were probably
smokers in a previous incarnation but their good karma or destiny in that incarnation prevented them
from suffering the consequences at the time. We never know how long ago we acquired the karma that
is manifesting in our lives today, and we never know how or when the karma we create today will
manifest its consequences. This is because karma works behind the scenes – we only see the effects in
the physical world and have no idea of the causes that are operating out of sight in the subtle worlds.
Karma and destiny are woven into the very fabric of our lives to the extent that the average person
barely notices their effects.
Wilfully and knowingly transgressing the laws of life generates a lot more negative karma than
unintentional or ignorant transgressions. The more developed we are the more responsibility we have,
so the consequences of abusing the laws of life are more severe. Although bad karma usually results in
suffering, it is not a punishment for punishment's sake; nor is it divine retribution. Karma is simply an
opportunity to make good – it neither punishes nor rewards; it simply guides. The law of karma is not
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the cause of suffering; it is merely the agent. Most of human suffering originates from the simple fact
that we cannot and do not want to control our subtle bodies.
Karma is self-balancing divine justice; it is totally fair and absolutely infallible. It doesn't matter if a
criminal seems to "get away with it", because there is no getting away with it – karma will eventually
catch up with him. If we are honest with ourselves, wanting justice is just a nice way of saying that we
want revenge. If we suffer as a result of someone else's wrongdoing we want them to suffer in return.
But we need to learn that vengeance is not the same as justice, and that an act of vengeance will result
in bad karma for ourselves. Even holding onto vindictive thoughts, self pity or grief prolongs our own
suffering and generates more bad karma. If something unpleasant happens to us we should realize that
we caused it, not the person who was instrumental in manifesting it. This is not to say that people who
do bad things or cause accidents should not stand trial for their offences. The Lords of Karma always see
to it that both people who are involved in an unfortunate incident have a related karmic debt to repay,
although not necessarily to each other. As long as both parties reap the appropriate effects it matters
not whether their original transgressions were against each other.
Karma is usually played out on the same stage as the original transgressions occurred, i.e. physical
crimes usually result in physical punishments. But supposing a Nazi murdered a hundred Jews in World
War II, there would be no point in him being murdered in a hundred different lifetimes. In this sort of
situation some of the bad karma would need to be worked out between incarnations – in hell (the
lowest sub plane of the emotional world).
It is not just serious offences such as theft, violence or murder that generate bad karma, even small
things like a harsh word or a judgmental thought generate negative energy which contributes to the
contamination of the subtle realms. You might not think that one bad thought would have much effect,
but think how many negative or harmful thoughts you have each day, multiply it by several billion and
you have some idea of the amount of negative energy we put out into the world each and every day!
This negative energy accumulates and can manifest itself as hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, floods,
plagues, earthquakes, etc. This is known as collective karma because it applies to an entire town, region,
country or planet. The effects of collective karma are sometimes allocated individually so that diseases,
afflictions or "accidents" can be the result of our allotted portion of mankind's collective karma. Animals
are subject to collective karma but not individual karma because they don't have individual souls. They
are subject to the collective karma of all the monads in their group soul and of the animal kingdom in
general.
Karma is not justice for justice's sake, and it is not necessarily "an eye for an eye". Karma provides
situations that will best help us to learn from our mistakes. This may involve experiencing the other side
of our original transgression, e.g. a racist white person may be black in their next incarnation, or it may
be seemingly unrelated. It is impossible for us to understand the intricacies of karma because it is
controlled by intelligences that are far superior to us. Karma is managed by three hierarchic groups of
highly developed cosmic beings who record every thought, emotion, word and action that occurs within
their respective sphere of responsibility, the Lipika Lords (Lipika is Sanskrit for scribe).
The best way to deal with bad karma is to accept our fate and let it work itself out. We should accept the
hand that life deals us and go with the flow, because if we resist life and try to wriggle out of our karma
we will only make matters worse in the long run. Karma will always catch up with us, and when it does
we will have incurred an extra penalty for trying to escape. It is a bit like a prisoner who gets caught
trying to break out of jail – he is sure to have his sentence increased. Please don't confuse accepting
karma with fatalism, i.e. don't see everything as pre-ordained and give up at the slightest obstacle. We
need to use our intuition to guide us when to stand up for ourselves and when to just accept things as
they are. If we are honest with ourselves and put our egos to one side we will know. Our egos don't like
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giving in and accepting the consequences when we can see a way out, but we have to show our egos
that we are bigger and braver than they are.
There is a way that we can not only avoid incurring more bad karma but actually free ourselves from the
debts we have already incurred, and that is through a life of service – putting the needs of others before
our own. Living with less concern for individuality and more concern for unity shows that we are
evolving and the Lords of Karma will show us some grace. A little self sacrifice now will save us a lot of
suffering in the future. Flagellants believe that mistreating their physical bodies pays off karma and
pleases god, but they couldn't be more wrong. Rather than working off their karmic debt they are
actually generating more bad karma because they are causing suffering to another living being (the
physical being).
Flagellants often reincarnate with the physical defects that they themselves caused in their previous life.
For example, those who drag themselves around on the floor and refuse to use their legs may be born
with a physical disability or be paralyzed in their next life. Karma is only made good by bearing the trials
of life in an honourable and acceptable way.
Bad karma can affect our physical lives in a variety of ways, including disease, disability, ugliness, abuse,
miscarriages of justice, lack of intelligence, poverty, low social standing, etc. We should never blame our
parents for a disease or disability that we inherited from them because our own karma and destiny
determine such matters. Children should never say to their parents "I didn't ask to be born", because
they did – no one is forced to incarnate against their will.
Whilst it is generally true that those who suffer deserve to suffer, it is a great mistake to think that we
should not show compassion and help them out. We must do everything we can to alleviate all suffering
because every good deed contributes to a better world for everyone. Relieving another person's
suffering not only helps them; it generates good karma for us and sends out good vibrations into the
world. Sitting back and letting people suffer is selfish and vindictive, and will result in bad karma. This
does not mean that we should give to every beggar who asks us for money, because many of them will
spend the money on drugs or alcohol. We need to let our intuition guide us to help only those people
who are willing to help themselves.
We all make mistakes and do stupid things from time to time – even enlightened people. These out of
character aberrations are the karmic effects of their action from previous incarnations. We must all clear
our karmic debt before we graduate from the human kingdom, so it is not uncommon for highly
placed people to have difficult lives or suffer from ill health. We must continue to reincarnate in the
human kingdom until our karmic debt has been fully repaid, which shows we have learnt all the lessons
karma had to teach us in this kingdom. We enter the fifth kingdom with a clean karmic slate but we do
not escape the law of karma because it applies to every being in existence. The effects of karma in the
higher kingdoms are far more subtle than they are in the human kingdom because there is no suffering
(as we see it) in the higher kingdoms – that alone should be sufficient motivation for us to actively begin
working at our own evolution.
You might have heard the phrase "like attracts like" sums up the law of attraction. Our minds are like
magnets that attract whatever we give our continued attention to. Everything that comes into our lives
is attracted by the thoughts and images we hold in our minds. Our thoughts influence our lives, so
whatever we think about most will eventually manifest. It doesn't matter whether our thoughts are
positive, negative or neutral; the law of attraction operates blindly and will respond to them. However,
the law of attraction can be strengthened, weakened or postponed by laws of karma and destiny, so not
everyone who dreams of winning a raffle or becoming a rock star will achieve success.
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The law of attraction is currently being exploited as a "get rich quick scheme" or a means of "manifesting
your desires". We always get what we wish for, although usually not as soon as we would like or quite as
we expected. Every granted wish must be paid for out of our reserve of merit (good karma); otherwise it
will add to our already large karmic debt. This consequence is overlooked by the ignorant advocates of
"cosmic ordering" and the like. Yes it works, but it can be compared to spending all your wages in one
day when the money needs to last you all month! Make use of the law of attraction by all means, but
don't misuse it.
The best way to utilise this law of attraction is to adopt a positive outlook and just allow life to unfold
naturally – trust life rather than resisting it. Don't dwell on your past mistakes or worry about what
might happen in the future because that will attract negativity into your life. When you are unconcerned
about what life deals you, you will probably find that you achieve success effortlessly. Nobody needs
anything in abundance (in excess), we only need a sufficient amount – anything more is greedy and
wasteful. The Earth's resources are incapable of providing everyone with an abundant life but they are
capable of providing everyone with a sufficient life, so it is up to those who have a lot to share their
wealth to those who only have a little. Thankfully many humanitarians and philanthropists are doing just
that.
Remember this: The universe gives you everything you NEED, but you have to pay for everything you
WANT.
A stroy as told by Swami Vivekanada would be of relevance here to conclude.
A saint by name Kaushik was sitting in the forest under a tree meditating deeply. A bird on the branches
above was making noise which is natural for a bird. The sage Kaushik got disturbed from his meditation
and with anger he looked at the bird with scorching eyes. The very angry looks burnt the bird and it fell
dead on the ground.
Kaushik though felt sorry for the bird, on the other hand he was surprised at his power to burn the bird
he acquired through the meditation and was very proud too of this! As his meditation got disturbed he
found that he was hungry.
He walked to a nearby house to ask for food and stood in front of the house and asked for food. It was
the tradition in those days that it is the responsibility of the society to take care of the needs of a
student and a spiritual seeker engaged in meditation.
But they were supposed to ask in humility and not in arrogance. When he stood in front of a house and
asked for food the house wife came with all respect and wanted to take care of the saint at the door
steps. But she found at the same time her husband also walks in and she invariably had to take care of
his immediate needs as a devout wife. She therefore apologized to the saint saying, “Sir, I would like to
take care of you. Please give me some time and wait for about ten minutes. Let me take care of my
husband and come back to attend to you”. With these words Kaushik felt irritated, “how can she neglect
me in front of her ordinary husband when a great yogi like him who accomplished a great power is
standing there. But he controlled himself for the time being and waited. On top of all this she took little
more time than he expected. When she came out she sincerely apologized saying, “I am sorry I made you
to wait”. But his anger did not subside. She apologized repeatedly. But the arrogance did not allow him
to act with compassion.
When she found he did not cool down in spite of her repeated requests and also saying that it was not
intentional and she could not help the situation, she said, “oh sir, come on give up the angry looks,” and
she further added, “I am not the bird to fall prey to your anger like the bird in the forest”.
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He was shocked to hear from her about the bird being burnt because he never expected that anyone
would know about an incident that happened between him and the bird in the forest where no other
person was there. How could he believe she knew about it? How could she know if she does not have
any yogic powers? He felt her power must be greater than the power he has to burn a bird just by the
heat rays from his angry looks. The moment he realized that she is extra ordinary at once he fell at her
feet and prayed her to pardon his ignorance and requested her to tell what kind of yogic practices she do
to acquire such great powers. She simply smiled and said, “I don’t do any spiritual practices and all that I
do is to do my household activity diligently and meticulously”. But he could not believe that and thought
she is hiding about her yogic practices. She in turn replied, “If you want any more information please go
to my guru, his name is Dharma vyaadha and he is in the next town, and find out the secret from him”.
Kaushik then proceeded to the town in search of the guru she had referred to him. Expecting to see a
great spiritual teacher may be having an ashram or a place like that, he looked around in the center of
the town. To his surprise he saw no ashram or no sign board of a spiritual master around there but to his
surprise he found a butcher shop with the sign board saying ‘Dharmavyaadha meat shop’. He thought it
can not be because he was expecting to see a pious man and not a meat selling person.
As he was hesitating standing there the person in the shop called him, ‘hi gentle man, aren’t you Kaushik
and aren’t you the person the lay next village suggested you to meet me. I am the Dharmavyaadha you
are looking for.’
Kaushik was totally dumb founded as to how could he know what happened between him and the lady
next town. But he could not do anything. He remained as a mute spectator as he found to his surprise
the guru was cutting meat and selling meat and collecting money and fighting with them for the money!
After he finished the work in the shop he counted all the money and took Kaushik with him to his home.
There he took care of his parents joyfully and at the end he asked him,
‘Yes gentle man, what I can do for you?’ having seen all the work he was doing yet having such great
wisdom, he was now totally surprised and asked him ‘sir, what is the special sadhana or spiritual
practice you do so that you are such a great master. Dharmavyaadha replied humbly, ‘all that I do is to
do all the duties that I am supposed to do diligently. That is my meditation’.
The moral of the story is that when we are doing the normal day to day work with dedication, then the
work itself is no inferior to the highest spiritual sadhana. The question now is about the attitude, which
can transform whatever activities we do into sadhana or spiritual practices!
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Chapter 16 : Is there a God out there?
This is one of the questions for which we have no concrete answer. Some say ‘Yes’, some say “No” and
some say “I don’t know”. But in fact we are all puzzled by the uncertainties in our life and why talk of life
only, the uncertainties in nature is also sometimes frightening. Some attribute it to the actions by the
enlightened human race, but it could not be true since we the human race only constitute a negligible
percentage of the total number of living beings, the count of which could never be done with all the
prevailing advances in modern technology. We have only seen the tip of the iceberg as far as Science is
concerned and trying to generalise on such a small data available and coming to conclusions is totally
unscientific.
Then to answer the question whether God is there, there can only be hypotheses. This Universe is the
God which includes what is known and what is unknown. And a miniaturized form of the universe is
present in every one of the living beings. How do you test the presence of a God in a being? The simple
answer is God introduce the concept of mobility in any living being. Any being which has the power of
mobility is a living being and this includes all from ant to elephant and may other living beings beyond
our scope of our vision like bacteria on the smaller side and and on the bigger side the Earth itself. We
can only a see an insignificant portion of the earth with our naked eyes. Is it not? And that is the very
reason why we cannot see God which is the universe itself all encompassing everything that is there. It is
very similar to an ant sitting on an elephant and the ant cannot see the elephant as a whole. We can
only feel the presence of God though we cannot see the God just like Electricity which we cannot see,
but feel the presence of.
Now let us look at the job of the God which is sustenance of this Universe which is Himself. And to
achieve this he manifests Himself in different forms while being in each of them a model of Himself to
sustain the model of the living being. That is why almost all of the 100% of our inner mechanisms are
controlled by the God within us and we have no control of them. For example any disease is cured by
itself, all wounds are healed by itself and the food we take are digested and assimilated into the system
by itself. And the growth of a child in the womb is fully controlled by the God himself for maintaing the
cycle of creation and recreation. And the food we take is provided by God Himself for free by an
automated process of growth and re-growth of the things required for the sustenance of every living
being.
In short God is very similar to a Managing Director of this Universe. He has to run and supervise the
different departments and for this he manifests himself as the managers and the working staff. And
naturally there will be different types of jobs to be carried out like production, maintenance,
distribution, man management, research etc. and for these departments to be well run, He makes
appropriate models of Himself and be inside those living objects to carry out the different functions of
running and maintain this universe.
Have you heard of Aquinas Five Ways in connection with his proof of existence of God?
1. The unmoved mover argument asserts that, from our experience of motion in the universe (motion
being the transition from potentiality to actuality) we can see that there must have been an initial
mover. Aquinas argued that whatever is in motion must be put in motion by another thing, so there
must be an unmoved mover.
2. Aquinas' argument from first cause started with the premise that it is impossible for a being to cause
itself (because it would have to exist before it caused itself) and that it is impossible for there to be an
infinite chain of causes, which would result in infinite regress. Therefore, there must be a first cause,
itself uncaused.
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3. All beings are contingent, meaning that it is possible for them not to exist. Aquinas argued that if
everything can possibly not exist, there must have been a time when nothing existed; as things exist
now, there must exist a being with necessary existence, regarded as God.
4. Aquinas argued from degree, considering the occurrence of degrees of goodness. He believed that
things which are called good, must be called good in relation to a standard of good—a maximum. There
must be a maximum goodness that which causes all goodness.
5. The teleological argument asserts the view that things without intelligence are ordered towards a
purpose. Aquinas argued that unintelligent objects cannot be ordered unless they are done so by an
intelligent being, which means that there must be an intelligent being to move objects to their ends: God
You must by now be wondering why this topic is being included in a book on Astrology related subjects
and its relevance to life.
One of the primary things which my clients desire to know from astrological consultations is why they
are not successful in life when compared to their peers such as their neighbours or colleagues at work or
their acquaintances. In this connection knowledge of the concept of God will come in very handy to
understand the answer to such questions. God in his creations has introduced variety and that is why no
two living beings are identical in nature and that is why no two horoscopes are of identical strength or
potency. Even the definitions of various faculties in life are different from person to person as is
illustrated in one of the earlier chapter titled “Definitions in astrology” like the concept of wealth,
health, beauty, happiness, marital bliss etc.
And another question generally people put to me is how can they be possible to be like their peers and
and what remedies can be taken to achieve such equalities. I normally tell them that the God wants us
to be different and he will never permit two living beings identical in all respects. Like in a drama, there
must be a King, queen, soldiers who are experts in use of different type of arms, cooks who have
different culinary expertise, servants, patients, doctors and each one of them have to do their part or
role well to make the drama a success. That is why Shakespeare has written “The world is a stage and
we are all actors playing our roles”. So if somebody has a role of a cook and if he is unhappy for not
being given the role of a King, it is a foolish thought. Is it not? And the same thing happens with life too.
It is wrong to compare yourself with someone else and it is not in God’s interests that there are two
identical living beings and therefore you cannot be like anyone else. Each of one us have our own
purposes in life which will invariably be different from one another. Variety is the spice of life from crade
to grave.
In my scientific evaluation of horoscopes, I have never found two people having the same strengths for
all the houses. They are always invariably different and how they enjoy the strength is also very different
depending upon individual tastes and as appropriate to the type of assignments given to them by God.
When the assignment given to you is completed, you are called back to His abode or get merged into
Himself and when God has a reason to send you for another assignment, he will manifest himself in you
in your new creation as another living being. You never have an identity of your own and you are always
a servant to God with His own miniaturised manifestation in yourself.
Readers will do well to understand these concepts and you will have the best of life in this world without
having any need to rejoice or feel depressed or be unhappy about your life on Earth. You just understand
that you are carrying out the duties assigned to you by God and the results of which are only going to be
in His interests and not yours. You are just a screw driver and it is God who uses you as He deems fit.
At this point I wish to share a story with all of you.
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"Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude
and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest room. Instead the angels were given a small
space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the
wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied, “Things aren’t always
what they seem.”
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife.
After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have
a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in
tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field.
The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how could you have let this happen? The
first man had everything, yet you helped him, she accused. The second family had little but was willing
to share everything, and you let the cow die. “Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel
replied.
“When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the
wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the
wall so he wouldn’t find it.” “Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came for
his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”
Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things don’t turn out the way they should. If you have
faith, you just need to trust that every out-come is always to your advantage. You just might not know it
until sometime later…"
It is therefore imperative that we use our intelligence and understand what is happening around us well.
To illustrate this, read the following.
I am now reminded of a story from the Panchatantra, a book illustrating general principles of behaviour
and morals to be learned for successful living. Once a rich couple had a cute looking baby and they loved
him very much and game him all comforts. However due to some sudden illness the baby died a
premature death and the body was taken to the cremation ground just around the twilight evening. A
vulture then approached them and told them that it is soon going to be night and during night this place
was the play ground of ghosts, evil spirits etc. and it is better that you return home soon since the baby
was anyway dead and why should they also die at the hands of evil spirits.
Suddenly a fox from nearby bush jumped in and told that the vulture is telling a lie and that in fact that
day was very bad and the night will be very good and there is all possibility that the baby will come alive
during night. So do not leave the body of the baby there and allow wild animals to make a meal of it.
The teacher who told this story in the class asked the students. "Raise the hands of all those who agree
with the vulture". Many hands were raised. And then the teacher asked to do the same to those who
agree with the Fox. So the hands of all others were raised. None realised nor told that both were acting
in their own selfish interests. If the parents had left immediately, the vulture could make a meal of it
since it cannot see in the night and if the parents stayed and left later, the Fox would have made a meal
of it.
Generally people who give you free advice are very similar to these vultures and foxes making use of the
situation for their selfish interests and never do they bother about you.
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I do wish you all well and the self realization that you are nothing but a small manifestation of God
himself, the Supreme Commander of this Universe and without you God is nonexistent. Do your job well
and God will be doing his job also well.
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Chapter 17 : Comparison of Lord Rama,Lord Krishna and Lord
Buddha's Horoscopes
Lord Vishnu took ten avatars or incarnations in order to protect the world through the different Yugas or
eons. Out of these ten avatars, Sri Rama avatar and Sri Krishna avatar have gained maximum
importance, thanks to the emergence of the most popular epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata
written by Sage Valmiki and Sage Vyasa respectively. This article will help you to compare your strength
of houses and planets with that of divinities incarnated as humans and evaluate yourselves.
Though Sri Rama and Sri Krishna were essentially the same, since they were Lord Vishnu Himself in
different bodies, we can still see a lot of difference in their personality and characters and the lives they
spent as human beings. Both had definite assignments to carry out on Earth and once that purpose was
served, they left the mundane world as is usual with any other human being.
The main purpose of the Rama avatar was to destroy Ravana, the Asura (Demon) King, while the
principal aim of Krishna's avatar was to convey the supreme message of the Bhagavad Gita, to vanquish
evil and bring back justice and righteousness to humankind. Here's a sketch of avatars, Rama and
Krishna, and a comparative study between these two avatars.
The story of Rama inspires awe and devotion in the Indian subcontinent. The word 'Ram' or 'Rama' is
very commonly used among Indians. 'Ram Ram' is a greeting used mostly in North India. The phrase,
"Ram Nam Satya Hai" (Ram is the ultimate truth) is chanted by a procession carrying a dead man on his
last journey. 'Hey Ram' was the famous expression uttered by Mahatma Gandhi before he was
assassinated by Nathuram Godse. Such is the respect and devotion shown towards this Hindu deity.
Shri Krishna, the ninth avatara of Vishnu, is as popular, if not more, than Rama. While the word 'Rama' is
used more than Krishna, there are many more Krishna temples and religious sects in India. Shri Krishna is
worshipped as a major deity among the Vaishnavites (followers of Vishnu). He is regarded as the
Supreme One by the Gaudiya Vaishnava sect. Krishna's stories are entertaining and span His whole life,
right from infancy to adulthood. All these stories, however, contain a deep, spiritual inner meaning. Lord
Krishna's mission was to deliver the Bhagavad Gita and thereby emerge as a Supreme philosophical
teacher to mankind.
The Krishna Avatar is regarded as the Sampoorna (complete) avatar, as he has the sixteen necessary
kalas or distinctive traits. Rama is not regarded as such, as he shared these qualities with his brothers.
Krishna is never shown praying to any God - He is deemed to be beyond all Gods and gunas (qualities).
Rama prayed to the Surya Devata (Sun God), as He was the descendant of the Raghu dynasty.
Krishna's life is filled with stories of dalliances with the Gopis (cowherd women), but the love they had
for each other had been absolutely pure and transcended all barriers and human limitations.
The scientist of I-SERVE claims that they zeroed down on Lord Rama`s birth date by studying planetary
positions as described by Sage Valmiki in the Ramayana.
In Bhagavata, tenth skanda, third chapter, it is said that Krishna was born when the Moon was in the
constellation of Prajapathi, i.e., Rohini. By a careful study of the 26th sloka of first chapter, fifth amsa of
Vishnupurana, it can be construed that Krishna was born on the night of Krishnashtami (8th day of dark
half) in the lunar month of Sravana. Information furnished in Harivanua (1 Part, 52nd chapter) is clear
and to the point so far as the lunar day, month and time are concerned. It is said that Krishna was born
on the 8th lunar day of the dark half of Sravana, in the constellation of Rohini at midnight.
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In this article, I am trying to evaluate their horoscopes mathematically using scientific evaluation
techniques.
Planetary Dispositions of both horoscopes:
Lord Rama
Mercury is the only malefic planet in Lord Rama’s horoscope and naturally he did not excel much in its
significations.
Lord Krishna on the other hand, had only Mars as a malefic and he never took any lead in any of the
courageous endeavours. He was always in the background manipulating things and getting it done by
others. Epics have innumerable examples of such instances.
Lord Krishna
Life is dependent on the 9 planets of astrology and their behaviour and these planets gives good, bad
and neutral(lifeless) results to the activities of the native during his life time. Free will is exercised during
the neutral effects of planets and the resultant effects are carried over to the next life as Good or Bad as
the case may be.
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If you compare the two planetary dispositions the net Good% of influences is more in case of Krishna
with 44% while Rama had it only with just half of it at 22.23%. However the Bad% were more or less
equal in both cases with around 11%. You can also individually compare the strength and nature of
individual planets too.
You must be wondering what is the use of making such comparisons. When you evaluate your
horoscope scientifically, you can use the strengths of Rama and Krishna as a measuring yard and position
yourself accordingly as humans.
These planetary disposition influences the 12 houses of a horoscope and the strengths or potency of the
houses can be worked out and we can understand the success factor of matters signified by each house
which will be very helpful in planning our lives.
Now let us look at the strength of houses of Lord Rama’s horoscope which is given below.
House Description in brief Average
Marks
Marks
Given
By
Public
Lowest
Mark
Highest
Mark
1 Personality, Individuality, Head 40.26 76.17 32.93 47.60
2 Wealth, assets, family, speech, Face 67.56 127.81 55.25 79.87
3 Co-borns, confidants, courage, Hands & Shoulders 37.43 70.80 30.61 44.24
4 Happiness, comforts, pleasures, Heart & Lungs 59.17 111.94 48.39 69.95
5 Children, intelligence, mind, Upper Abdomen 53.49 101.20 43.75 63.24
6 Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Lower Abdomen 62.40 118.04 51.03 73.76
7 Marital Happiness, Small Intestine, Liver 39.81 75.32 32.56 47.06
8 Distresses in Life, Colon, Kidneys, Genitals 39.36 74.46 32.19 46.53
9 Luck ,Fortune, Thighs 62.40 118.04 51.03 73.76
10 Career, Profession, Job Satisfaction, Knees 48.07 90.94 39.32 56.83
11 Gains, Returns from Career, Calf and ankles 50.14 94.85 41.00 59.27
12 Wasteful Expenditure, Losses, Feet, Spirituality 37.62 71.17 30.77 44.47
Net Score 50.92 96.32 41.64 60.19
Higher score for positive significations makes it
more potent
Higher Score for negative significations negate
the negatives (Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Losses
etc.)
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Lord Rama though an incarnation had taken birth as a human being and naturally he had to behave as
one and did not assume the role of God by virtue of his birth.
So let us now look at the 3rd house. He had a poor strength of 37.43% and he had no brothers or sisters
born of his own mother. Though he had brothers born out of his step mothers, he could hardly live with
them except Lakshmana. So his benefits on account of co-borns were nothing much to laud about. If you
closely look at his life as illustrated in Ramayana, he was often showing lack of confidence and he was
not very aggressive in his behaviour. So the poor strength of the third house was more or less justified.
Now look at the 7th house, the marital bliss. He had all sorts of problems with his wife and most of the
time he had to live without her even when she was abducted and later he had to throw her into the
forest for fear of the public. We know all these were manipulated by God, but as a human being he did
not much enjoy marital bliss. So the poor strength of the 7th house is justified with 39.81%. Same is the
case with 8th house when he had to face many hardships and distresses in life which is indicated by its
39.36% of the strength. He has been travelling around the forest crying out for his missing wife.
Even the poor 12th house was well reflected in his life as a human being. He had nothing much of the
significations of the 12th house to his advantage.
It all shows that the strength of houses of a horoscope has some truth in life even when he is a God
incarnate. And so you can use the strength of your own horoscopes to know beforehand how your
houses are going to behave later in life.
I am now giving below the strength of houses of Lord Krishna using his planetary dispositions as at the
time of his birth. You can try to evaluate them.
House Description in brief Average
Marks
Marks
Given By
Public
Lowest
Mark
Highest
Mark
1 Personality, Individuality, Head 83.41 120.66 60.45 106.37
2 Wealth, assets, family, speech, Face 72.09 104.28 52.25 91.94
3 Co-borns, confidants, courage, Hands & Shoulders 69.57 100.63 50.42 88.72
4 Happiness, comforts, pleasures, Heart & Lungs 58.34 84.38 42.28 74.39
5 Children, intelligence, mind, Upper Abdomen 67.48 97.61 48.90 86.05
6 Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Lower Abdomen 75.75 109.57 54.90 96.60
7 Marital Happiness, Small Intestine, Liver 67.91 98.24 49.22 86.61
8 Distresses in Life, Colon, Kidneys, Genitals 77.14 111.59 55.91 98.38
9 Luck ,Fortune, Thighs 86.63 125.32 62.79 110.48
10 Career, Profession, Job Satisfaction, Knees 88.81 128.46 64.37 113.26
11 Gains, Returns from Career, Calf and ankles 72.88 105.42 52.82 92.94
12 Wasteful Expenditure, Losses, Feet, Spirituality 67.65 97.86 49.03 86.27
Net Score 74.46 107.71 53.97 94.96
Higher score for positive significations makes it more
potent
Higher Score for negative significations negate the
negatives (Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Losses etc.)
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In both the horoscopes, the “Marks Given by Public” or Aaroodha Strength are very good befitting a King
or Ruler and the public had full trust in them. Lord Krishna’s horoscope had strength far greater than
Lord Rama and He is the role model of many in Hindu religion and even among people of other religions.
The above article though written with a touch of humour is awakening in the concepts of astrology and
how one can use the mathematical evaluation of a horoscope to your advantage.
The horoscope of Lord Krishna seems to be a far better one than Lord Rama and given an option one
would definitely prefer to have his horoscope similar to that of Krishna. Remember that Krishna
switched his life to Dwaraka in Gujarat and no wonder that state headed by Modi there reached the top
in business and per capita happiness whereas Ayodhya (UP) where Rama ruled is going down day by day.
I am giving below the planetary dispositions and strength of Houses of Lord Buddha also for the benefit
or readers to understand how to evaluate horoscopes using subjective comparisons.
Planetary Dispositions:
Planet Good% Bad% Lifeless
Sun 36.56 3.49 59.95
Moon 27.65 25.78 46.57
Mars 20.74 36.88 42.38
Mercury 6.68 15.08 78.24
Jupiter 33.57 44.92 21.51
Venus 26.53 18.90 54.57
Saturn 14.83 54.62 30.55
Rahu 44.77 41.75 13.49
Kethu 16.36 60.27 23.37
25.30 33.52 41.18
House Description in brief
Average --
--- Marks
Marks
Given By
Public
Lowest
Mark
Highest
----Mark
1 Personality, Individuality, Head 81.69 77.56 75.49 87.89
2 Wealth, assets, family, speech, Face 84.58 80.31 78.16 90.99
3
Co-borns, confidants, courage, Hands &
Shoulders 61.86 58.73 57.16 66.55
4 Happiness, comforts, pleasures, Heart & Lungs 49.92 47.40 46.14 53.71
5 Children, intelligence, mind, Upper Abdomen 72.11 68.47 66.64 77.58
6 Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Lower Abdomen 39.06 37.09 36.10 42.02
7 Marital Happiness, Small Intestine, Liver 34.50 32.76 31.88 37.12
8 Distresses in Life, Colon, Kidneys, Genitals 65.12 61.84 60.18 70.06
9 Luck ,Fortune, Thighs 44.45 42.21 41.08 47.83
10 Career, Profession, Job Satisfaction, Knees 61.48 58.37 56.81 66.14
11 Gains, Returns from Career, Calf and ankles 74.85 71.07 69.17 80.53
12 Wasteful Expenditure, Losses, Feet, Spirituality 59.88 56.86 55.34 64.42
Net Score 62.75 59.58 57.99 67.51
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Take special note that his Aroodha strength was not all that good as compared to his average strength
and he never became a political leader or a King. His 6th house and 7th house were not all that good
which is very well known.
Only for comparison purposes I am also giving the horoscope evaluation of Jesus Christ as a human being
and the evaluation only pertains to his life from his birth to death. The birth details are as available on
the web.
Planetary dispositions:
Planet Good% Bad% Lifeless Nature
Sun 17.60 38.55 43.86 Malefic
Moon 2.42 8.81 88.77 Malefic
Mars 18.00 17.60 64.40 Benefic
Mercury 30.28 53.44 16.29 Malefic
Jupiter 6.58 20.97 72.45 Malefic
Venus 48.06 36.28 15.66 Benefic
Saturn 14.87 34.97 50.16 Malefic
Rahu 1.12 0.84 98.04 Benefic
Kethu 1.01 0.99 98.00 Benefic
15.55 23.61 60.85 Malefic
Strength of the Houses:
House Description Average
Marks
Marks
Given By
Public
Lowest
Mark
Highest
Mark
1 Personality, Individuality, Head 50.33 49.23 36.97 63.68
2 Wealth, assets, family, speech, Face 34.70 33.94 25.49 43.91
3
Co-borns, confidants, courage, Hands &
Shoulders 30.08 29.42 22.10 38.06
4 Happiness, comforts, pleasures, Heart & Lungs 35.23 34.47 25.88 44.58
5 Children, intelligence, mind, Upper Abdomen 37.44 36.62 27.50 47.37
6 Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Lower Abdomen 31.10 30.42 22.85 39.35
7 Marital Happiness, Small Intestine, Liver 36.09 35.31 26.51 45.67
8 Distresses in Life, Colon, Kidneys, Genitals 45.92 44.93 33.74 58.11
9 Luck ,Fortune, Thighs 41.03 40.14 30.14 51.93
10 Career, Profession, Job Satisfaction, Knees 51.56 50.44 37.88 65.25
11 Gains, Returns from Career, Calf and ankles 36.58 35.78 26.87 46.28
12 Wasteful Expenditure, Losses, Feet, Spirituality 48.29 47.24 35.47 61.10
Net Score 40.49 39.61 29.75 51.24
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Chapter 18 : Evaluation of Barack Obama’s Horoscope
I am giving below the horoscope evaluation of Barack Obama, the President of the United States of
America using Vedic Astrology Mathematics.
Date : August 4, 1961
Time : 7:24:00 pm
Time Zone : 10:00:00 (West of GMT)
Place : 157 W 51' 30", 21 N 18' 25"
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Lunar Yr-Mo : Plava - Ashadha
Tithi : Krishna Dasami (Mo) (76.63% left)
Weekday : Friday (Ve)
Nakshatra : Rohini (Mo) (99.59% left)
Yoga : Dhruva (Ke) (80.21% left)
Karana : Vanija (Ve) (53.27% left)
Sunrise : 6:09:43 am
Sunset : 7:04:50 pm
Ayanamsa : 23-18-19.22 Sidereal Time: 15:46:40
Planetary Dispositions :
Planet Good% Bad% Lifeless
Sun 37.13 13.91 48.96
Moon 1.25 0.21 98.54
Mars 15.93 41.11 42.96
Mercury 1.56 2.68 95.76
Jupiter 1.70 3.28 95.02
Venus 4.41 2.99 92.60
Saturn 37.95 7.46 54.58
Rahu 20.15 7.55 72.30
Kethu 25.35 4.98 69.67
16.16 9.35 74.49
Planets when they are lifeless behave in a neutral way, neither good nor bad. Usually it is like when you
are sleeping or your mind is at rest, possibly day dreaming which generally constitutes half of our life
time. Effects of planetary strengths and nature are only meant for the waking hours.
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Mars, Mercury and Jupiter are rather malefic in the horoscope. He has a higher net Lifeless percentage
very similar to an ordinary not very ambitious human being.
Strength of Houses :
House Description Average --
----Marks
Marks
-Given By
-----Public
Lowest
-----Mark
1 Personality, Individuality, Head 44.69 72.83 38.92
2 Wealth, assets, family, speech, Face 44.18 72.00 38.48
3 Co-borns, confidants, courage, Hands & Shoulders 42.19 68.76 36.75
4 Happiness, comforts, pleasures, Heart & Lungs 40.49 65.98 35.26
5 Children, intelligence, mind, Upper Abdomen 43.16 70.33 37.59
6 Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Lower Abdomen 41.23 67.19 35.91
7 Marital Happiness, Small Intestine, Liver 57.18 93.19 49.80
8 Distresses in Life, Colon, Kidneys, Genitals 55.14 89.86 48.02
9 Luck ,Fortune, Thighs 45.14 73.57 39.32
10 Career, Profession, Job Satisfaction, Knees 45.31 73.85 39.47
11 Gains, Returns from Career, Calf and ankles 37.59 61.27 32.74
12 Wasteful Expenditure, Losses, Feet, Spirituality 41.40 67.47 36.05
Net Score 45.15 73.58 39.32
Higher score for positive significations makes it
more potent
Higher Score for negative significations negate the
negatives (Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Losses etc.)
No. Of Horoscopes Analysed : 36450+ Freq.Distbn
%
Less than 30% - Not Satisfactory enough 46.0
> 30 to 40 - Passed 15.0
> 40 to 45 - Above average 12.0
> 45 to 50 - Third Class 10.5
> 50 to 60 - Second Class 8.5
> 60 to 70 - First Class 4.0
> 70 to 80 - Distinction 3.0
> 80 to 90 - Excellent 1.0
Greater than 90 - Outstanding 199 Nos.
The best method to evaluate his horoscope is to compare it with that of Narendra Modi and Hitler's
horoscope which are given in separate chapters in this book.
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Yes, his Marks Given by Public or Aaroodha Strength is almost 63% more than his actual self realised
strength of 45.15% and no wonder he is a good politician and a leader of People. Otherwise he is a very
ordinary person like anyone of us, a good family man.
His best houses are the 7th and 8th houses. What these houses signify is given in my articles "AstrologyA New version". The weakest house is the 11th one, returns from his career/profession is not in
conformity with the amount of work he does. He will be well justified in asking for a raise.
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Chapter 19 : Evaluation of Hitler’s Horoscope
I recently had the chance of looking at Hitler's horoscope based on his birth details available from the
internet as given below. I am not sure about the correctness of the time of birth, but however with the
available data, I have tried to analyse his birth chart.
Date : April 20, 1889
Time : 18:30:00 Time Zone: 2:00:00 (East of GMT)
Place : 13 E 02' 00", 48 N 16' 00"
Braunau, Austria
Tithi : Krishna Shashthi (Ve) (56.76% left)
Weekday : Saturday (Sa)
Nakshatra : Poorvashadha (Ve) (97.53% left)
Yoga : Siva (Me) (33.97% left)
Karana : Garija (Ju) (13.52% left)
Sunrise : 6:13:40
Sunset : 20:00:36
Ayanamsa : 22-17-48.18
Sidereal Time: 7:17:55
I have used Vedic Astrology axioms to analyse his horoscope.
Strength of His Houses:
House Description Self Analysis
%
Aaroodha
Analysis
Naked
Analysis
1 Personality, Individuality, Head 58.89 91.95 52.45
2 Wealth, assets, family, speech, Face 65.45 102.19 58.29
3
Co-borns, confidants, courage, Hands and
Shoulders 54.86 85.65 48.86
4 Happiness, comforts, pleasures, Heart & Lungs 58.89 91.95 52.45
5 Children, intelligence, mind, Upper Abdomen 65.06 101.57 57.94
6 Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Lower Abdomen 62.84 98.12 55.97
7 Marital Happiness, Small Intestine, Liver 67.59 105.52 60.19
8 Distresses, Colon, Kidneys, Genitals 60.55 94.54 53.93
9 Luck ,Fortune, Thighs 65.14 101.70 58.01
10 Career, Profession, Job Satisfaction, Knees 63.79 99.60 56.81
11 Gains, Returns from Career, Calf and ankles 59.44 92.81 52.94
12 Wasteful Expenditure, Losses, Feet 72.49 113.17 64.56
Net strength 63.08 98.48 56.18
Higher strength for positive significations makes it
more potent
Higher strength for negative significations negate
the negatives (Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Losses
etc.)
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No. Of Horoscopes Analysed : 36411+ Freq.Distbn %
Less than 30% - Not Satisfactory enough 46
> 30 to 40 - Passed 14
> 40 to 45 - Above average 12
> 45 to 50 - Third Class 11
> 50 to 60 - Second Class 8
> 60 to 70 - First Class 5
> 70 to 80 - Distinction 3
> 80 to 90 - Excellent 1
Greater than 90 - Outstanding 199 Nos.
He had all his houses with good strengths like a High Second Class or First Class with his 12th house
having a first class with distinction. His net strength of the horoscope is 63.08% which means he would
be happy that much of his life time and the rest of the time not so very happy. His Percentile strength is
87% which means that he is one of the top 13% of the population, statistically speaking.
His planetary dispositions at birth:
Planet Residential
Strength Good % Bad% Nature
Sun 10.00 81.80 3.53 Benefic
Moon 44.59 37.97 52.90 Malefic
Mars 86.07 70.23 12.74 Benefic
Mercury 24.54 24.23 72.56 Malefic
Jupiter 59.86 27.10 47.17 Malefic
Venus 83.68 76.58 16.99 Benefic
Saturn 94.62 69.67 9.55 Benefic
Rahu 88.05 24.23 72.56 Malefic
Kethu 88.05 27.10 47.17 Malefic
Net 64.38
But for his Sun and Mercury, all the other planets were very potent though some of them had malefic
dispositions. Look at the residential strengths.
The general rules to evaluate a period is given below.
1. Benefic planets are always good proportionate to its strength.
2. Malefic planets when they are strong reduce the bad effects in proportion to the strength.
3. Weak malefic planets are always bad and can give one a lot of problems.
His Main Periods in his life:
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Ven : 1889-04-20 - 1908-10-26 - Benefic with 83.68% strength
Sun : 1908-10-26 - 1914-10-27 - Benefic with poor strength of 10%
Moon: 1914-10-27 - 1924-10-27 - Malefic with mediocre strength
Mars : 1924-10-27 - 1931-10-27 - Highly benefic with 86% strength
Rah : 1931-10-27 - 1949-10-27 - Highly malefic with 88.05% strength
Sub Periods in Rahu Period:
Rahu Period: 1931-10-27 - 1949-10-27 - Highly Malefic with 88.05% strength
Sub Periods:
Rahu : 1931-10-27 - 1934-07-08 - Highly malefic with 88.05% strength.
Jup : 1934-07-08 - 1936-12-01 - Malefic with 59.86% strength
Sat : 1936-12-01 - 1939-10-09 - Highly benefic with 94.62% strength
Merc : 1939-10-09 - 1942-04-24 - Highly malefic with 24.54%
Ketu : 1942-04-24 - 1943-05-13 - Highly malefic with 88.05% strength
Ven : 1943-05-13 - 1946-05-12 - Benefic with 83.68% strength
If you study his biography with respect to the above time, you will find he had tough times in his life.
And when his time was good he could commandeer his regime well and start the world war II with a
good intention of bringing Germany into global supremacy.
If you study his strength of the houses, it is very clear he was a man gifted by God and he had no bad
intentions to annihilate millions of people. However during the world war he was convinced and acted
according to his conscience directed by God to create such a huge holocaust which probably was God's
intention and he was only an instrument in His hands. He was definitely never a mad man or a
psychopath as per his horoscope.
Yogas : He had many good combinations in his horoscope like Hamsa Yoga, Soola yoga, Sarala yoga,
Trilochana yoga, Gaja Kesari yoga, Rajayoga, Vipareetha Raja yoga which he fully utilised in his life and
Daridra Yoga due to which he could not enjoy his life with a family around.
I hope this article will be of use to Astrology students.
Comments from a reader : Adolf Hitler's horoscope analysis was very fascinating to read. If you
remember, I had said that i'd be surprised if all people in top 1 percentile were saints. Hitler's horoscope
makes me wonder even more. You said Hitler was no madman, and it was as if his actions were guided
by God. Paramhansa Yogananda also inferred to this, that persecution of Jews was in turn a karmic
result of their persecution of Jesus Christ. It was because Jews persecuted Jesus that they had to face
trials during WWII. It’s all so fascinating to read all these things. According to online sources, Hitler
himself never killed anyone in his life!
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Chapter 20: Horoscope of India as per Mundane Astrology
I am giving below the Scientific Evaluation and analysis of the horoscope of India based on the time of
birth 15 August 1947 00:00 a.m. as per the axioms of mundane astrology.
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Signification of Houses in Mundane Astrology :
First House : The general conditions of the country as a whole, people and their general outlook, state of
law and order, public health, government, reputation, valor and its position in the world.
Second House : The second house primarily deals with national wealth, status and relationships within
country and with neighbors. It also rules the purchasing power of the people, financial stability, national
income, strength of currency, budget and balance of trade.
Third House : The third house rules the communication of the Government with the public, means of
communications in the country including transport, media, telecommunications and information
technology. It also governs the authors, philosophers, philosophical thought, literature and literary
persons, education and infra-structural facilities in the country besides governing democracy and peace
talks.
Fourth House : The fourth house rules the masses, nation's natural resources, agriculture, mines,
minerals, landed properties, peace, general and political stability, natural calamities, educational
institutions, law and order, housing and communal harmony.
Fifth House : The fifth house rules intellectuals, their emotional stability, communal harmony,
speculative nature of the people, investments, stock exchange, children, population, universities, morals
and values of the people.
Sixth house : The sixth house rules public amity, relations with neighbors, general health of the public,
political stability, financial solvency of the nation, litigation, judicial functioning, communal harmony in
the country and labor relations.
Seventh House : The seventh house rules pleasure and amusement resorts, tourism, bond of
relationships amongst masses and business establishments, foreign affairs and agreements.
Eighth House : The eighth house rules belief of the masses, red-tapism, rate of work execution, delays
and obstructions, accidents, fatal accidents, epidemics, gold and precious stones, legacies, capital gains,
floods, earthquakes, cyclones, storms, etc.
Ninth House : The ninth house rules judicial system, morality, religion, diplomats, foreign missions,
progress and development.
Tenth House : The tenth house rules executive, parliament, administration, foreign trade, law and order.
Eleventh House : The eleventh house rules income, gains, and future plans.
Twelfth House : The twelfth house rules financial losses, expenditure, mishaps, group hospitalizations,
foreign debt, wars and smuggling.
Signification of Planets as per Mundane Astrology
SUN : The Government, Prime Minister, President of the country and police act as the significator for the
first and ninth houses.
MOON : The Administrator, masses and natural resources act as significator for the fourth and seventh
houses.
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MARS : Army and police. It rules anti-social elements when under the influence of Rahu or the lord of
the eighth or twelfth house. Mars acts as significator for the third and tenth houses.
MERCURY: Strategists, technical advisers to head of state and intellectuals. It acts as significator for the
fifth house.
JUPITER : Diplomatic attaches, advisers to head of state, teachers, judiciary and banking systems. It acts
as significator for the ninth house.
VENUS : Resources, hotels, women folk, cinema industry, arts and leisure industry. It acts as significator
for the seventh house.
SATURN : Civil servants, low technology industry and mines. It acts as significator for the fourth and
eighth houses.
RAHU : Diplomatic moves, manipulations, deceit, greed, lust, selfishness, speculative trading markets
and lies.
KETU : Natural calamities, violent actions or events and accidents.
I am now giving below the transitory influences of India's horoscope as on 1st Jan 2015.
You will observe that the strength of the houses have reduced for the 1st, 2nd and 5th houses and India
is going to face problems connected with the significations of those houses as given above.
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For Malefic houses like 6th, 8th and 12th houses, the increase in potency of the houses due to transits
will be beneficial for the country and thus a good increase of transitory strength for the 8th house will
reduce Redtapism, Accidents, Epidemics and Natural disasters. Let us wait and see.
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Chapter 21 : Horoscope Evaluation of Narendra Modi, the present
PM of India
I am giving below Narendra Modi's Scientific Evaluation of Horoscope as illustrated in my earlier articles.
I have got the details from the internet which data was consistent on the many pages devoted for this
purpose.
This horoscope is a classic example of one which though not all that good by potency or nature,
paradoxically the native has done well using his free will and helped people to a great extent and by
pleasing God by good acts in his life was awarded the highest throne possible for a humble human being.
Let us hope he continues his good work for the mankind at large though “Uneasy lies the head that
wears a crown”
Date : September 17, 1950
Time : 10:10:00 a.m.
Time Zone : 5:30:00 (East of GMT) Place: 72 E 24' 00", 23 N 36' 00"
Mehsana, India
Lunar Yr-Mo : Vikriti - Bhadrapada
Tithi : Sukla Shashthi (Ve) (35.45% left)
Weekday : Sunday (Su)
Nakshatra : Anuraadha (Sa) (62.57% left)
Yoga : Vishkambha (Sa) (33.23% left)
Karana : Taitula (Me) (70.91% left)
Sunrise : 06:30:46
Sunset : 18:39:09
Ayanamsa : 23-09-12.50 Sidereal Time: 9:11:48
Planetary Dispositions of the Horoscope:
Planet Residential
Strength Good % Bad% Nature
Sun 30.37 34.25 43.82 Malefic
Moon 21.26 10.55 60.71 Malefic
Mars 28.04 48.23 46.91 Benefic
Mercury 28.68 86.25 9.86 Benefic
Jupiter 9.84 39.37 27.04 Benefic
Venus 70.24 18.37 81.63 Malefic
Saturn 36.43 16.53 49.76 Malefic
Rahu 0.66 39.37 27.04 Benefic
Kethu 0.66 86.25 9.86 Benefic
Net 25.13
You will note that except for Venus, no other planet has any reasonable residential strength. And none
of the benefic planets are any potent.
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Let us now see how these strengths together with inter/intra planetary aspects, lordships and
placements have reflected in the strength of the 12 houses of the horoscope.
Strengths of Houses in the Horoscope:
House Description Self
Analysis%
Aaroodha
Analysis
Naked
Analysis
1 Personality, Individuality, Head 31.32 60.38 30.75
2 Wealth, assets, family, speech, Face 30.92 59.61 30.36
3 Co-borns, confidants, courage, Hands and Shoulders 39.89 76.91 39.17
4 Happiness, comforts, pleasures, Heart & Lungs 30.17 58.16 29.62
5 Children, intelligence, mind, Upper Abdomen 28.72 55.38 28.20
6 Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Lower Abdomen 43.63 84.12 42.84
7 Marital Happiness, Small Intestine, Liver 33.01 63.64 32.41
8 Distresses, Colon, Kidneys, Genitals 28.62 55.18 28.11
9 Luck ,Fortune, Thighs 46.28 89.22 45.44
10 Career, Profession, Job Satisfaction, Knees 39.64 76.43 38.93
11 Gains, Returns from Career, Calf and ankles 42.54 82.01 41.77
12 Wasteful Expenditure, Losses, Feet 52.11 100.47 51.17
Net strength 37.98 73.23 37.30
Higher strength for positive significations makes it
more potent
Higher strength for negative significations negate
the negatives (Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Losses etc.)
No. Of Horoscopes Analysed : 36475+
Freq.Distbn
%
Less than 30% - Not Satisfactory enough 46
> 30 to 40 - Passed 15
> 40 to 45 - Above average 12
> 45 to 50 - Third Class 10.5
> 50 to 60 - Second Class 8.5
> 60 to 70 - First Class 4
> 70 to 80 - Distinction 3
> 80 to 90 - Excellent 1
Greater than 90 - Outstanding 199 Nos.
As you will observe, the only house with a respectable strength is the 12th house which shows that he
will not waste his money, assets etc. for unproductive purposes. And he is a spiritually learned person
who will never harm others and thinks of himself as a tool in the service of God.
Yes, he has an Aaroodha strength of almost double the real strength of what he feels himself about him
and this means that others consider very high of him and that could be the reason he has been elected
to be the Prime Minister of India.
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The almost exact nearness of his Real Strength and Naked strength shows that his life will not undergo
much fluctuation from birth to death from his own point of view. However due to transitory influences
of planets, he could have much better times in life like his present period. I am giving below the
transitory effect of his horoscope as on 10 Feb 2015 which shows the reason why he fared so well in
elections and he is now holding a Prime post in Indian politics.
House Description
Birth Self
Analysis
%
Transit% Difference %
1 Personality, Individuality, Head 31.32 76.48 45.16
2 Wealth, assets, family, speech, Face 30.92 63.44 32.52
3 Co-borns, confidants, courage, Hands and Shoulders 39.89 63.84 23.95
4 Happiness, comforts, pleasures, Heart & Lungs 30.17 67.73 37.56
5 Children, intelligence, mind, Upper Abdomen 28.72 61.82 33.09
6 Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Lower Abdomen 43.63 78.59 34.95
7 Marital Happiness, Small Intestine, Liver 33.01 65.79 32.77
8 Longevity, Distresses, Colon, Kidneys, Genitals 28.62 68.38 39.76
9 Luck ,Fortune, Thighs 46.28 61.73 15.46
10 Career, Profession, Job Satisfaction, Knees 39.64 59.55 19.90
11 Gains, Returns from Career, Calf and ankles 42.54 53.79 11.26
12 Wasteful Expenditure, Losses, Feet 52.11 66.92 14.81
Net strength 37.98 66.00 28.01
And finally please understand that to become the PM of India, one need not have a high strength or
potency of the horoscope. It will mostly depend on a high Aaroodha strength which is how one is viewed
by others and have trust in him and look forward to his advice and leadership.
He lives a very humble life and will never be a money monger and he will never misuse his resources. He
is one who will always be guided by his own inspirations directly received from God Himself.
May be his time of birth recorded could be wrong in which case you may discard my analysis given
above.
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Mahadasas and Antardasas (Periods and sub periods)
In my other articles on this blog, I have given how a horoscope is evaluated in terms of
strength of planets and the resultant strength of houses which gives you a good indication
of how potent your life is from birth to death. Have a look at the sample strength of planets
in a horoscope. Assume that it is yours.
Planet Strength Good% Bad%
Life
less Nature
Net
Strength
Sun 20.81 84.07 8.44 7.49 Benefic 19.25
Moon 52.70 52.83 46.77 0.39 Benefic 52.50
Mars 85.66 67.37 21.48 11.16 Benefic 76.10
Mercury 39.09 11.45 76.89 11.66 Malefic 34.53
Jupiter 19.40 65.28 31.28 3.43 Benefic 18.74
Venus 100.00 35.30 45.60 19.10 Malefic 80.90
Saturn 71.32 31.42 68.58 0.00 Malefic 71.32
Rahu 63.90 65.28 31.28 3.43 Benefic 61.71
Kethu 61.33 11.45 76.89 11.66 Malefic 54.17
Net 62.07 47.16 45.25 7.59 Benefic 57.36
The general rules to evaluate a planet and its ruling period/sub periods
are given below.
1. Benefic planets are always good proportionate to its strength. Mars
and Rahu are such planets in this horoscope. Moon, Sun and Jupiter
are also benefic though with lesser strength (Net Strength Column).
2. Malefic planets with a good strength (above 50%) reduce the bad
effects in proportion to their strength and they are marked in dark
red. They will sometimes act as weak benefic too. Venus, Saturn and
Kethu are such planets in your horoscope.
3. Weak malefic planets are always bad and can give one lot of
problems. Mercury is such a planet in this horoscope.
Note that all the planets working in tandem will give you Benefic
results to the extent of 57.36% in your life since the Net Good% is
higher than Bad% in the above table
Now that you know the strength and nature of all the planets in your horoscope, we have
to know when these planets will come into effect during the course of your life. These are
determined by the Mahadasas and Antardasas of your horoscope. I am giving below the
details of these periods and sub periods below from 30th May 2014 to 31st May 2050. The
names of planets are abbreviated to the first 3 characters. MD means Maha Dasa (Main
Period).
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Vimsottari Dasa: Vimsottari Dasa:
Sat MD: 2014-05-30 - 2033-05-30 Merc MD: 2033-05-30 - 2050-05-31
Antardasas in this MD: Antardasas in this MD:
Sat: 2014-05-30 - 2017-06-02 Merc: 2033-05-30 - 2035-10-30
Merc: 2017-06-02 - 2020-02-10 Ket: 2035-10-30 - 2036-10-26
Ket: 2020-02-10 - 2021-03-20 Ven: 2036-10-26 - 2039-08-27
Ven: 2021-03-20 - 2024-05-21 Sun: 2039-08-27 - 2040-06-30
Sun: 2024-05-21 - 2025-05-02 Moon: 2040-06-30 - 2041-12-01
Moon: 2025-05-02 - 2026-12-04 Mars: 2041-12-01 - 2042-11-28
Mars: 2026-12-04 - 2028-01-12 Rah: 2042-11-28 - 2045-06-15
Rah: 2028-01-12 - 2030-11-19 Jup: 2045-06-15 - 2047-09-23
Jup: 2030-11-19 - 2033-05-30 Sat: 2047-09-23 - 2050-05-31
The colour codes I have given above is dependant on the nature and strength of planets
given in the Strengths of Planets report given earlier.
The Mahadasa and antardasas of the sample horoscope from 2014 to 2059 is given above.
As on today the 4
th Aug 2019 when this article is being written, you can find that the native
is running Saturn Mahadasa from 30th May 2014 to 30 May 2033 which is a strong Malefic
which will though a malefic will not do much damage since it is strong. Look at 2nd General
rule to evaluate a planet given earlier. So this 19 year Period will produce good results if
the native works hard.
It does not mean that the whole 19 years will be similar in nature and effect. So this
Mahadasa(Main Period) for 19 years are sub divided into 9 sub periods as given below the
Mahadasa Period in the above table where you will find the nature and duration of these
sub periods. As on 4th Aug 2019, the native will thus be running Mercury antardasa from
2
nd June 2017 to 10th Feb 2020 which is a weak Malefic resulting in bad times during this
sub period of Saturn Main Period. Obviously the native will have to be very cautious during
this period.
The main advantage of this Mahadasa and Antardasas within is that you can identify good
periods during the entire course of the Mahadasa. Here in this case the period from 4th
Dec 2026 to 19th Nov 2030 is being ruled by Benefic Planets Mars and Rahu which has got
first class strengths and you will be able to take life easy during this period or capitalise
the goodness for productive purposes.
The Main period or Mahadasa can be considered as your super boss and the
sub periods as your immediate boss. If both of them are bad, you will
have a miserable time. If the super boss is good, he will always protect
you and if the immediate boss is good, he will not allow your
shortcomings to be passed on to the super boss. If the super boss is
good and the immediate boss is bad, he will give you needling problems
while you will be protected by the super boss. This is the general rule
of how to determine whether a period/sub period is good or bad. Of
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course, the strength of the planet is what matters in deciding to what
extent the goodness will be. Planets marked in dark red though malefic
will not do much harm since they are strong. Planets marked in red are
generally troublesome to the native. Mercury is such a planet in this
sample horoscope.
In fact every antardasa can be further subdivided into Pratyantardasas
like for example, the Saturn Mahadasa and the Mercury Antardasa
discussed above could be subdivided to 9 Pratyantardasa given below.
Vimsottari Dasa:
Sat MD: 2014-05-30 - 2033-05-30
Merc AD: 2017-06-02 - 2020-02-10
Pratyantardasas in this Mercury AD:
Merc: 2017-06-02 - 2017-10-22
Ket : 2017-10-22 - 2017-12-17
Ven : 2017-12-17 - 2018-05-29
Sun : 2018-05-29 - 2018-07-18
Moon: 2018-07-18 - 2018-10-10
Mars: 2018-10-10 - 2018-12-05
Rah : 2018-12-05 - 2019-04-29
Jup : 2019-04-29 - 2019-09-11
Sat : 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-10
So, even in the Mercury Antardasa which is a weak Malefic, you do not
have to be worried about it since the Pratyantardasa of Mars and Rahu
are highly benefics and you will be able to do things with good results
and prosperity during this weak antardasa.
You can even sub divide the Pratyantardasa into 9 Sookshmadasas and each
Sookshmadasa can further be subdivided into 9 Praana Antardasas and each Prana
Antardasa can be sub divided into 9 Dehantardasas using the same algorithm and thus
every few hours in a day can be accounted for being good, bad or ugly.
I have explained the above concepts of Mahadasas and antardasas is the most popular in
Vedic Astrology. And for those who are interested in the strength of houses, one can use
Rasi Dasa or NarayanaDasa which is also popular among astrologers. For this purpose
the evaluation of the periods will be based on the strength of houses.
Narayana dasa may be said to be the most important phalita dasa. Its versatility lies in the
fact that it can be computed separately for each divisional chart for precise timing of
specific matters. In fact, we can compute more than one Narayana dasa for each
divisional chart. Narayana dasa of D-12 seeded from the 12th lord is native-centric. It
shows events in a native’s life that are related to parents. Even when looking at the events
in the lives of parents, it takes the native as the reference. To see events in the lives of
parents directly, we can use different seeds. Similarly, 12th house used as the seed in D24 Narayana dasa shows the learning from the point of view of one’s evolution. One can
use the 4th house (formal learning) as the seed in D-24 Narayana dasa to see formal
education. By using a different seed, we can examine the events related to the chosen
Planet Nature
Net
Strength
Sun Benefic 19.25
Moon Benefic 52.50
Mars Benefic 76.10
Mercury Malefic 34.53
Jupiter Benefic 18.74
Venus Malefic 80.90
Saturn Malefic 71.32
Rahu Benefic 61.71
Kethu Malefic 54.17
Net Benefic 57.36
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divisional chart from a different angle. Readers should try to master this fantastic dasa
system.
House Brief Description of Significations
Marks
Scored
1 Leo Personality, Individuality, Head 72.53
2 Virgo Wealth, assets, family, speech, Face 58.84
3 Libra Siblings, Friends, courage, Hands and Shoulders 49.59
4 Scorpio Happiness, comforts, pleasures, Heart & Lungs 52.80
5 Sagittarius Children, intelligence, mind, Upper Abdomen 63.72
6 Capricorn Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Lower Abdomen 41.95
7 Aquarius Marital Happiness, Small Intestine, Liver 34.66
8 Pisces Distresses in life, Colon, Kidneys, Genitals 58.48
9 Aries Luck ,Fortune, Thighs 56.95
10 Taurus Career, Profession, Job Satisfaction, Knees 59.79
11 Gemini Gains, Returns from Career, Calf and ankles 59.64
12 Cancer Wasteful Expenditure,Losses, Feet, Spirituality 45.22
Net strength 55.40
I am giving the RasiDasa of the above sample horoscope below. You can assign the
strength of Mahadasas from the above strength of houses.
Maha Dasas:
Cancer : 2005-05-31 - 2008-09-16 - 45.22%
Aries : 2008-09-16 - 2018-09-17 - 56.95%
Capricorn : 2018-09-17 - 2024-09-16 - Current Dasa Strength : 41.95%
Libra : 2024-09-16 - 2032-09-17 - 49.59%
Aquarius : 2032-09-17 - 2043-09-17 - 34.66%
Scorpio : 2043-09-17 - 2053-09-17 - 52.80%
Leo : 2053-09-17 - 2056-09-17 - 72.53%
Taurus : 2056-09-17 - 2057-09-17 - 59.79%
Virgo : 2057-09-17 - 2061-09-17 - 58.84%
Gemini : 2061-09-17 - 2072-09-17 - 59.64%
Pisces : 2072-09-17 - 2078-09-17 - 58.48%
Sagittarius : 2078-09-17 - 2087-09-18 - 63.72%
And the antardasas in the current running Mahadasa of Capricorn is given below. You
may associate the strengths of houses from the above report given earlier.
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Capricorn MD: 2018-09-17 (10:20:28 am) - 2024-09-16 (11:16:33 pm)
Antardasas in this MD:
Cancer : 2018-09-17 (10:20:28 am) - 2019-03-15 (9:08:60 am)
Leo : 2019-03-15 (9:08:60 am) - 2019-09-17 (4:36:22 pm)
Virgo : 2019-09-17 (4:36:22 pm) - 2020-03-14 (3:22:46 pm)
Libra : 2020-03-14 (3:22:46 pm) - 2020-09-16 (10:41:17 pm)
Scorpio : 2020-09-16 (10:41:17 pm) - 2021-03-14 (9:32:27 pm)
Sagittarius: 2021-03-14 (9:32:27 pm) - 2021-09-17 (4:47:20 am)
Capricorn : 2021-09-17 (4:47:20 am) - 2022-03-15 (3:45:24 am)
Aquarius : 2022-03-15 (3:45:24 am) - 2022-09-17 (10:55:37 am)
Pisces : 2022-09-17 (10:55:37 am) - 2023-03-15 (10:03:23 am)
Aries : 2023-03-15 (10:03:23 am) - 2023-09-17 (5:04:25 pm)
Taurus : 2023-09-17 (5:04:25 pm) - 2024-03-14 (4:05:05 pm)
Gemini : 2024-03-14 (4:05:05 pm) - 2024-09-16 (11:16:33 pm)
I do hope that you will be able to evaluate your individual Periods and sub periods by
looking at the potencies of the strength of Houses or the Planets and be guarded in in the
journey of life.
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